Kakuzenshō: Shōten-hō and Enma-ten-hō (Vol. 130, Vol. 144)

Ink on paper · [Vol. 130 Shōten-hō] Kamakura period; [Vol. 144 Enma-ten-hō] Kamakura period · [Vol. 130 Shōten-hō] copied in Genkyū 2 (1205) · Kanshū-ji, Kyoto

An encyclopedic ritual manual opened to the "Heavenly Divinities" section: the early rotation presents the underworld Enma, the later rotation the secret Shōten.

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