Title from title piece mounted on scroll (v. 2).

Colletype reproduction of 12th century narrative paintings, now in Nara Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan; in black and white.

Colophon mounted on verso of scroll (at end) and inside box.

Scrolls placed in wooden boxes: 7 x 7 x 30cm.

LC set has a piece of paper pasted on each scroll "Jigoku-soshi (An illustrated tale of the inferno) attributed to Mitsunaga Tosa and belonging to the early thirteenth century. Reproduced by the Yamato-e dokokai. Tokyo, 1927. 4 scrolls. No. 1-4"

Sakanishi collection? "Ja26, 38"

Kokusho sōmokuroku, v. 4, p. 57 (Jigoku-zōshi, 1-juku ... [reproduction] by Yamatoe Dōkōkai, Taishō 12-Shōwa 3).

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten, v. 3, p. 178- (Jigoku-zōshi, 3-kan; auth. unknown, late Heian or Kamakura period seiritsu; Hara-ke-bon (Nara Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan zō, 1-kan), Anjūin-bon (Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan zō, 1-kan), Masuda-ke-bon (1-kan)).