He had the Ten Kings of Hell & their minions over in one small corner & everything else
- the entire screen
- was enveloped in a firestorm so terrible you thought the swirling flames were going to melt the mountain of Sabres & the Forest of Swords. One of the towering figures of modern Japanese writing Akutagawas early career was distinguished by imaginative beautifully crafted stories of medieval Japan rich with period detail. These two stories include his great masterpiece of that period Hell Screen" & the parable of a thread-thin chance of escape for a sinner in the " Pool of Blood". This book
Includes:: " Hell Screen" & " The Spider Thread"."