Jigoku hen - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Art is the language of the soul (Akutagawa 7). It is subjective too. Yoshihide was a great painter from his region. He loved art and was too much driven by practicality. He was an esteemed artist who was not liked by his countrypeople (Akutagawa 3). His community believed in the existence of supernatural beings who they believed roamed in their midst. They believed that their Lordship had much power and that he was a re-born spirit of Buddha (Akutagawa 2). At one point when rumor had it that the...