The Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak (Dongyue dadi) and five kings of hell. Ink and colour on paper. Framed and glazed.
The Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak (Dongyue dadi) and five kings of hell. Ink and colour on paper. Framed and glazed.
140 x 76.5 cm
This representation is the left one of a pair, which together represent the Ten Hell Tribunals.
Depictions of hell were and are used in rituals that were part of the cult of the dead.
The concept of the Ten Courts of Hell was created after the Chinese folk religion was influenced by Buddhism.
All the deceased will go to the realm of the dead or the underworld on their soul path, in order to go through the ten courts of justice, each of which is supervised by a hell king. The amount of time you spend there depends on the severity of the sins you committed and after the just punishment has been received.
無款 十九二/十世紀 東嶽大帝五殿閻羅王圖 設色紙本 鏡心鏡框
來源：德國維爾茨堡Sauerbrey私人收藏
北德私人收藏
這幅畫1980年10月12日到11月23日在德國馬爾堡大學藝術文化史博物館展示過和1981年在科隆東亞藝術博物館展示過
圖見於：Jorinde Ebert、Barbara M. Kaulbach和Martin Kraatz著，《台灣宗教畫》科隆1980年，第177-178頁，圖50
Provenance
Collection Sauerbrey, Würzburg
Private collection, Northern Germany
Literature
Illustrated in: Jorinde Ebert, Barbara M. Kaulbach and Martin Kraatz, Religiöse Malerei aus Taiwan, Cologne 1980, p.177-118, plate 50
Exhibitions
Exhibited in the Universitätsmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Marburg, 12.10.-23.11.1980, and in the Museum for East Asian Art, Cologne, spring 1981