HELL SCREEN

By Kerry Kazmierowicztrimm

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Adapted from the short story "Jigokuhen" By Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Translated by W.H.H. Norman (the story rights are in the public domain)

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Length: 45 Minutes

 

Yoshihide is considered “the greatest painter in the land." When Yoshihide is instructed to create a folding screen depicting the Buddhist hell, he proceeds to inflict tortures upon his apprentices, so he can see what he is trying to paint. A study in how far artists are willing to go to create a masterpiece.

 

Hell Screen can be read here.

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