Keywords: Extermination of Evil Shinchū dyk.jpg Artist Divine Insect 神虫 しんちゅう Insecte divin century 12 Color on paper cm 25 8 70 0 Nara National Museum Nara Japan Part of the set of five hanging scrolls Extermination of Evil depicting benevolent deities who expel demons of plague This scroll was originally part of a handscroll known as the second edition of the Masuda family Hell Scroll before being cut into sections after World War II The text on the scroll explains the acts of the god in exterminating evil The Divine Insect is an euphemism for the silkworm which takes the form of a moth here The set of five scrolls has been designated as National Treasure of Japan in the category paintings http //www emuseum jp/cgi/pkihon cgi SyoID 1 ID w003 SubID s000 Tokyo National Museum Emuseum 1106 painting 205 Other versions Extermination_of_Evil_Shinchū jpg 2011-09-09 16 00 UTC Extermination_of_Evil_Shinchū jpg Unknown derivative work Crisco 1492 <span class signature-talk >talk</span> Cropped for DYK Crisco 1492 Extermination_of_Evil_Shinchū jpg PD-old-100 Original upload log This image is a derivative work of the following images File Extermination_of_Evil_Shinchū jpg licensed with PD-Art PD-old-100 2009-09-19T16 20 00Z Bamse 4587x1907 9764609 Bytes <nowiki> en shinchu http //www emuseum jp/cgi/pkihon cgi SyoID 1 ID w003 SubID s000 Tokyo National Museum/Emuseum unknown 12th century PD-1923 PD-Japan PD-</nowiki> Uploaded with derivativeFX Extermination of Evil Paintings uploaded by Chris Woodrich |