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Asahina Meets Emma and Jizo in Hell
1860 (late Edo)
pigments on mulberry paper
(Japan and Korea )
(Japan and Korea )
On this print, Asahina meets Jizo in hell. Asahina (in lower front position) is Kobayashi Asahina. Jizo is the Buddhist bodhisattva at the right and Emma is the King of Hell at the left.
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Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Credit Line
Bequest of Robert S. Shaull, 1990
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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95.779