#Jigoku

[lvy7]

JIGOKU

Twitter: https://x.com/_LVY7_/status/1850630055783010419

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lvy7.bsky.social/post/3l7jfp7n4672i

[sacredwhores]

Tatsumi Kumashiro - The Inferno (1979)

[almirdraws]

Jigoku Shōjo 🩸

[vampirecorleone]

"So you want to turn me in for manslaughter?" | "We're the ones who killed him. We caused it. Let's go together. Please." | "That might ease your conscience, but I'm not interested. It'd be stupid. He was drunk. He ran into the road. It was basically suicide. Besides, he was just some yakuza scum. He's not worth the best years of our lives."

Jigoku (1960) dir. Nobuo Nakagawa

[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!!!

Sh*tpost Masterlist

[losvolumenes]

Jigoku (Nobuo Nakagawa, 1960)

[miu-xwx]

Announcements･:*+.\(( ° ω° ))/.:+

St☆r/WAVE's disband

On the way of starwave's forming as a band we realized that this wasn't going to work out, everyone was slowly distancing themselves from the group and focusing more on their own projects so we decided to move on from starwave and go on our own paths. Akiri will remain offline/won't be posting anything, Haku is going to focus on their novel, Jigoku. We would like to thank all of you for your patience, we apologize for the inconveniences caused, we appreciate your support.

Jigoku's release

As previously stated, Jigoku is an upcoming novel written by Haku (@hakuchanisnotdyintmrrwusilly1 on tumblr). Its first chapter (+ a bonus Halloween special) will release on 31/10 of this year on Wattpad. The chapters are going to be available in Spanish, however, an English translation will be uploaded on 01/11, a day after the chapters release. You will be able to find them in this account: 地獄 (@JIGOKU-haku).

~

That was pretty much everything I had to say, I also won't post for a while, I may start uploading in a new account in the future, but first I need to get some stuff done.

(Regarding other stuff, I lost my pjsekai account, this is my new id in case anyone wants it → 527126893464412167)

~

Thanks! ^w^

[captura-salvaje]

[hakuchanisnotdyintmrrwusilly1]

Nature

[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��。

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）

[oldschoolteenflicks]

Yōichi Numata as Tamura in Jigoku (1960) dir. by Nobuo Nakagawa

[westergaartchive]

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

[sacredwhores]

Tatsumi Kumashiro - The Inferno (1979)

[kenro199x]

JIGOKU / The Inferno (1979)

Blu-ray 2023 Mondo Macabro

[thechurchofsplatterdaysaints]

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

[junglejim4322]

Jigoku (1960)