{"product_id":"edo-meiji-woodblock-book-ojoyoshu-往生要集-後入-buddhist-hell-scenes-地獄絵-karma-afterlife-illustrated-volume-b151","title":"Edo–Meiji Woodblock Book – Ōjōyōshū 往生要集（後入）– Buddhist Hell Scenes 地獄絵 – Karma \u0026 Afterlife Illustrated Volume - B151","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"1058\" data-end=\"1330\"\u003eStep into the dramatic world of Edo-period Buddhist cosmology with this rare \u003cstrong data-start=\"1135\" data-end=\"1193\"\u003eEdo–Meiji woodblock-printed edition of Ōjōyōshū (往生要集)\u003c\/strong\u003e, featuring intense and beautifully carved \u003cstrong data-start=\"1236\" data-end=\"1264\"\u003ehell illustrations (地獄絵)\u003c\/strong\u003e depicting karmic punishments, tortured souls, and demonic realms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1332\" data-end=\"1711\"\u003eŌjōyōshū—compiled in the 10th century by the monk \u003cem data-start=\"1382\" data-end=\"1391\"\u003eGenshin\u003c\/em\u003e—was one of the most influential Buddhist texts in Japan. It established the classical Japanese imagination of hell, karma, rebirth, and the afterlife. 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