Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Shrine (Kitano Tenjin Engi) (detail). Kamakura period (11851333), 13th century. Japan. Handscroll; ink and color on paper; 11 3/4 x 28 ft. 3 3/4 in. (29.8 x 863 cm). Fletcher Fund, 1925 (25.224d).
The scene then changes dramatically, and rugged hills and jagged rocks in front of a gate suggest that Nichizo is approaching the palace of Emma, the Lord of Hell.