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| Keywords: Extermination of Evil Shinchū.jpg Assessments 1 Shinchu Artist Divine Insect 神虫 しんちゅう Insecte divin century 12 Color on paper cm 25 8 70 0 Nara National Museum Nara Japan Part of the set of five hanging scrolls Extermination of Evil depicting benevolent deities who expel demons of plague This scroll was originally part of a handscroll known as the second edition of the Masuda family Hell Scroll before being cut into sections after World War II The text on the scroll explains the acts of the god in exterminating evil The Divine Insect is an euphemism for the silkworm which takes the form of a moth here The set of five scrolls has been designated as National Treasure of Japan in the category paintings http //www emuseum jp/cgi/pkihon cgi SyoID 1 ID w003 SubID s000 Tokyo National Museum Emuseum 1106 painting 205 Other versions PD-old-100 derivative works Extermination of Evil Shinchū dyk jpg Extermination of Evil collage jpg Extermination of Evil | ||||
