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Hell of Excrement, (屎糞所, shifunsho, "place of excrement"), one of the sixteen lesser hells depicted in the Japanese Hell Scroll (地獄草紙, jigokuzōji), probably commissioned by Emperor Goshirakawa in the 12th century and originally stored in Rengeō-in, a Kyoto temple. [1]

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  • Hell Scroll from Nara showing the Hell of Excrement
    Hell Scroll from Nara showing the Hell of Excrement
  • Shamon jigoku zôshi: another Hell Scroll depicting the Hell of Boiling Excrement
    Shamon jigoku zôshi: another Hell Scroll depicting the Hell of Boiling Excrement


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