Image: Fujita Art Museum, Osaka
A fragment of the 'Kegon Fifty-Five Places Picture Scroll' is on display only this month. The displayed fragment is identified as an Important Cultural Property.
The scroll follows a pure-hearted boy as he visits teachers who guide him toward enlightenment. Its narrative is presented through the boy’s visits to those teachers, whose guidance leads toward the state of enlightenment described in the source.
One scene shows him visiting a nun who uses a technique of creating duplicate bodies or manifestations.
The museum characterizes the picture scroll’s episodic journey as having an RPG-like quality. The scene also includes birds by the water, details the museum post highlights as charming.
