<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/eecd0c72-0cee-4e37-9141-2cf79dcfb293/C5254BE7-7BCE-41D8-9FBA-90CE5047AAE6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/" href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pinktentacle.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/"><P>Prolific Meiji-period artist <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawanabe_Ky%C5%8Dsai">Kawanabe Kyōsai</A> (1831-1889), well-known in the West for his darkly humorous illustrations, was commissioned by Scottish surgeon and Japanese art collector <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Anderson_(collector)">William Anderson</A> (1842-1900) to produce a large number of comic paintings in the 1870s. Anderson’s collection, which today forms the core of the Japanese paintings at the <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum">British Museum</A>, included the handful of fanciful depictions of hell shown below. (Click the “+” under each image to enlarge.)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/"><P align="center"><IMG alt="Illustration by Kawanabe Kyōsai --" src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_7.jpg" /><BR />Torture in Hell [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_7_large.jpg">+</A>]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/"><P align="center"><IMG alt="Illustration by Kawanabe Kyōsai --" src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_3.jpg" /><BR /><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enma">Enma</A>, King of Hell [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_3_large.jpg">+</A>]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/"><P align="center"><IMG alt="Illustration by Kawanabe Kyōsai --" src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_4.jpg" /><BR />Enma’s Judgment [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_4_large.jpg">+</A>]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/"><P align="center"><IMG alt="Illustration by Kawanabe Kyōsai --" src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_5.jpg" /><BR />Protest to Enma [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_5_large.jpg">+</A>]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/"><P align="center"><IMG alt="Illustration by Kawanabe Kyōsai --" src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_6.jpg" /><BR />Burning at the Stake [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_6_large.jpg">+</A>]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/"><P align="center"><IMG alt="Illustration by Kawanabe Kyōsai --" src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_8.jpg" /><BR />Monster Assault [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_8_large.jpg">+</A>]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/"><P align="center"><IMG alt="Illustration by Kawanabe Kyōsai --" src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_9.jpg" /><BR />Pandora’s Box [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_9_large.jpg">+</A>]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/"><P align="center"><IMG alt="Illustration by Kawanabe Kyōsai --" src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_10.jpg" /><BR />Bashing a Monster into the Ground [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_10_large.jpg">+</A>]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/"><P align="center"><IMG alt="Illustration by Kawanabe Kyōsai --" src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_11.jpg" /><BR />Monster Battle [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_11_large.jpg">+</A>]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/"><P align="center"><IMG alt="Illustration by Kawanabe Kyōsai --" src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_12.jpg" /><BR />Hawk Counterattack [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_12_large.jpg">+</A>]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/"><P align="center"><IMG alt="Illustration by Kawanabe Kyōsai --" src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_1.jpg" /><BR />Retribution: Animals vs. Man [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_1_large.jpg">+</A>]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/sketches-of-hell-by-kyosai/"><P align="center"><IMG alt="Illustration by Kawanabe Kyōsai --" src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_2.jpg" /><BR />Retribution: Mice vs. Cat [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/kyosai_2_large.jpg">+</A>]</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C5254BE7-7BCE-41D8-9FBA-90CE5047AAE6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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