Fuyuko Matsui, Destruction Needed to Cure this Disease, 2004
Colour pigment on paper
168 x 408
4 panels, each 168 x 102
Fuyuko Matsui, Continuous Failures in the Collision of Fragments, 2007
In Buddhism, reincarnation is viewed not as a spatial phenomenon, nor as a world that one passes into after death, but as a spiritual state. Partly with the aim of proselytising the masses, large numbers of rokudou-e were produced from around the twelfth century. Matsui has been particularly influenced by those depicting the Hell Realm. Her highly narrative works are underpinned by themes such as narcissism
