#Jigoku

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Guys GUYS u need to listen to my favorite vocalo-p Iruma I'm so serious bro they're SO GOOD!!!! Been meaning to do fanart for this song forever but they released a new single for this song with 2 new tracks and they're so good and AAAAAAAAAAAAA (version without paint under the cut)

[yridenergyridenergy]

My hellish trip

Aside from the quite imperfect start that it had, I also tried to do as many hell-related things as possible during this trip to Japan, in honour of the tour being called: "Who is this hell for?"

Of course, I couldn't go to Sapporo and not visit Jigokudani (hell valley) in Noboribetsu. They compare the landscape to something out of this world, like from Mars, and the sulfuric fumes remind us of hell's flames. That being said, having been spoiled on sulfur sources in Iceland super recently, I wasn't that impressed, except that Noboribetsu's had way more colours than Iceland's.

Then, I was able to stop in Aomori to visit Towada Art Center. Ever since I saw photos of her works online, I'd dreamt of seeing one in person. The art exhibited all around and inside the center are also more than worthwhile, but yeah, I'm in love with Memory of Water:

(Hellish because... Those are not happy memories of water hahah.)

Next, I caught in extremis an exhibition on Louise Bourgeois, famous for her Mother spider sculptures, but who, it turns out, had a lot of parallels with Kyo's mentality, I find. And she once said:

Not sure if that was exhaustive, but in such a short time, I think I stuck to the theme as much as I could. I guess, as for my personal hell, I also visited an exhibition by a woodcarver who recreates very realistic food as painted wood, which a ton of food might as well be in my case since I can't partake in it. Hopefully the other visitors felt 1% of my frustration.

[sacredwhores]

Tatsumi Kumashiro - The Inferno (1979)

[almirdraws]

Jigoku Shōjo 🩸

[dorothygale123]

TONIGHT, WE DINE IN HELL!!!

But seriously, we're taking about the underworld today.

The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean underworlds are very similar as they all draw upon the same Buddhist ideas. King Yama also shows up in JttW, when Wukong id kidnapped to the underworld (called the diyu in Chinese) and removes his name from the ledgers of the dead. For those who want a closer look at the Japanese underworld, Jigoku, I highly recommend Hozuki no Retetsu, an anime about an oni beauracrat as its both informative and hilarious. For those that don't feel like it or need a refresher, here's the quick and dirty.

The underworld is ruled by 10 Kings, with one of them being the big guy in charge. He has a few names: King Yan, King Yama, and King Enma being a few. Sometimes the word 'great' is added to the start of his name to signify that he's the head honcho. You may know him as the big red guy from Dragon Ball who checks in the dead, or the father of Koenma from Yu Yu Hakusho. He also shows up with his pesse in season 4 of Lego Monkie Kid (they're the shady guys that stand in a circle menacingly), though he isn't named. He's not that hard to find, really.

The other 9 kings, in comparison, are less common, which is a shame. See, each of the 10 kings has an important role to play when judging a soul, weeding out all but the worst of the worst for the 10th king. King Yama help the 5th trial, right in the middle. The first king is basically there to sort out all the really good people. If you're such a good person that you don't have that many sins to be judged, he can give you the fast pass to reincarnation. If you do have a lot of sins, though (which, let's be honest, is most of us), you keep moving through the courts as the different kings weigh your sins according to their specialty.

The hearings for each soul happen 7 days after death, with each subsequent trial being held 7 days after the last for the first 7 trials. The 8th trial occurs 100 days after death, the 9th after a year, and the 10th and final trial is held after 3 years. During each trial, the king in charge will take into account any prayers or offerings given in the deceased person's honor to possibly lighten the sentence, so proper funerary rights on these specific dates are very important. After all the trials are done and you've been punished according to your sins, you are finally allowed to reincarnate.

I really tried to get more information on each specific king, but there isn't much I could find in English. If anyone knows more, please tell me! I'm so curious!!!

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[losvolumenes]

Jigoku (Nobuo Nakagawa, 1960)

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[moment-japan]

ちょっと前の連休の最終日、金沢の浄土真宗の照円寺で「地獄極楽絵図御開帳」という秋の特別公開をやっているとの連絡が関係者からございまして、急いで行ってまいりました。

（関係者。笑）

お寺の場所は、金沢駅近くにある金沢最大の寺院・金沢東別院の前の別院通りのどんつきにあります。

江戸後期より伝わる八種の地獄と六道、そして仏様の慈悲によって救われた人間が到達することのできる彼岸・十種の極楽絵図を一堂に公開。

「地獄極楽絵図があなたの生き方に問いを投げかけます」ということで、誰もいないだろうとお寺に入ったら、本堂の中はアイドルのコンサート並みに人がいて、地獄絵図よりもまずそっちにビックリでございました。

（地獄見たさに集まる人々）

これは、4月に東京の府中市美術館でも公開されていた美術展で、毎年秋に金沢の多くのお寺が参加して行われている「オテラートかなざわ」の行事の一環として今回凱旋展示されておりました。

靴を脱いで本堂に入ると、そこには小さな子供やカップル、おじいさん、おばあさん、明らかにセンスのいいデザイナー風の方たち、みうらじゅんみたいな美大生とかで場内満杯（笑）。

（世の中、こんなに寺マニアがいるとは。笑）

境内には地獄絵図（複製）と記念撮影できるスポットもありました。

江戸後期に照円寺十五代住職敬連〈きょうれん〉により制作された地獄絵図の数々に圧倒。

写真撮影はできないので、言葉では表現しずらいですが兎に角、ここまで凄い地獄絵図は京都でも見たことがありません。

十八枚の大きな絵はどれもリアルで、地獄ごとに詳細な解説がついていてとっても見やすかったです。

最後の方に極楽の絵図もあって阿弥陀如来の額からウルトラセブンのエメリウム光線みたいな光を出しているシーンもあって、「知恩院とか平等院で観た来迎図とおんなじだ」とひとり脳内で確認会話。

（確認会話ってなんやねん。笑）

真剣に絵を見ているとニコニコ顔の若い住職さんに声をかけられまして、しばし地獄の説明をしていただきました。

（こんなに人がいるのに何故僕だけに。笑）

帰りに玄関で住職のお母様だと思われるおばあさんに挨拶をすると、物凄く丁寧に挨拶を返されて恐縮しながらお寺を出ました。

（いや、マジで凄い絵だったな）

[westergaartchive]

Firealpaca Polygon Tool art study of a scene from Jigoku (1960)

[kenro199x]

JIGOKU / The Inferno (1979)

Blu-ray 2023 Mondo Macabro

[thechurchofsplatterdaysaints]

Jigoku aka The Sinners of Hell (1960) Dir. Nobuo Nakagawa

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Nature

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Jigoku (1960)

[sacredwhores]

Tatsumi Kumashiro - The Inferno (1979)

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Celebrating episode 300, your deadicated hosts travel to Japan for Nobuo Nakagawa's masterpiece JIGOKU (1960)! The film stars Shigeru Amachi, Yoichi Numata and Utako Mitsuya.

Your hosts discuss nihilism, Buddhism, gore and more in this landmark episode.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 36:08; Discussion 49:48; Ranking 1:22:57

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New-to-me movies seen in 2023: Jigoku (1960)

“We are on the path to Hell, between life and death.”