Illustration
Image from a Japanese scroll which describes the realm of the hungry ghosts and how to placate them.
Kyoto National Museum.
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Original image by Unknown Artist. Uploaded by Ibolya Horváth, published on 19 April 2016. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Public Domain. This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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Artist, U. (2016, April 19). Hungry Ghosts. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4962/hungry-ghosts/
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Artist, Unknown. "Hungry Ghosts." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 19, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4962/hungry-ghosts/.
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Artist, Unknown. "Hungry Ghosts." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 19 Apr 2016, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4962/hungry-ghosts/. Web. 14 May 2025.
