佛教地狱的场景 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	佛教地狱的场景
品名（英）	Scenes of the Buddhist Hell
入馆年号	2020年，2020.170
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Shōsai 松斎【1850 至 1899】【日本人】
创作年份	公元 1850 - 公元 1899
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	图像: 76 15/16 × 33 1/4 英寸 (195.4 × 84.4 厘米) 整体 with mounting: 8 ft. 4 1/4 英寸 × 42 5/8 英寸 (254.6 × 108.2 厘米)
介绍（中）	这幅动态的画描绘了佛教的地狱。大部分作品都详细描述了等待灵魂重生在地狱中的痛苦类型，以及一系列由红色或绿色皮肤的大型肌肉发达的半裸恶魔实施的惩罚。例如，在左上角，平台上的两个裸体人物试图逃跑，因为一个绿皮肤的恶魔殴打了他们。不远处，另一个倒霉的灵魂倒挂在一棵树上，惊恐地看着，等待着自己的惩罚。在其他地方，恶魔将迷失的灵魂带入熔岩池中。图片底部三分之一的一个场景显示了一群裸体儿童在墓地里，一些人试图逃离接近的恶魔，而另一些人则向Jizō（梵语中的Ksitigarbha）乞求怜悯，Jizō是一位仁慈的佛教神灵，与拯救受苦的灵魂有关，他以一个拿着拐杖的僧侣的伪装出现在这里。这幅画上部的另一个场景是人们跪在地狱之王面前，地狱之王坐在一张铺着蓝色和绿色锦缎布的大桌子旁。地狱之王的两侧是侍从，他们评估死者在前世犯下的各种罪行。关于这位艺术家一无所知，他将作品签名为"Shōsai"。
介绍（英）	This dynamic painting depicts the Buddhist hell. Most of the composition shows detailed descriptions of the types of suffering that await souls reborn in hell, with an array of punishments meted out by large, muscular, half-nude demons with red or green skin. In the upper left corner, for example, two nude figures on a platform attempt to escape as a green-skinned demon beats them. Nearby, another hapless soul is bound upside-down to a tree, watching in horror and awaiting his own punishment. Elsewhere, demons march lost souls into a pool of molten lava. A scene in the bottom third of the picture shows a group of nude children in a graveyard, some attempting to escape from an approaching demon while others beg for mercy from Jizō (Ksitigarbha in Sanskrit), a benevolent Buddhist deity associated with rescuing suffering souls, who appears here in the guise of a monk with a walking staff. Another scene in an upper register of the painting shows individuals kneeling before the King of Hell, who sits at a large table covered with a blue and green brocade cloth. The King of Hell is flanked by attendants, who assess the various sins committed by the deceased in his or her previous life. Nothing is known about the artist, who signs the work simply “Shōsai.”