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Sermon on Mani's Teaching of Salvation (Chinese: 冥王聖幀; lit. 'Sacred Scroll of the King of the Underworld') is a Yuan dynasty silk hanging scroll, measuring 142 × 59 centimetres and dating from the 13th century, with didactic themes: a multi-scenic narrative that depicts Mani's Teachings about the Salvation combines a sermon subscene with the depictions of soteriological teaching in the rest of the painting.The painting was regarded as a depiction of the six realms of saṃsāra by Japanese Buddhists, therefore it was called "Painting of the Six Paths of Rebirth" (Japanese: 六道図). After being studied by scholars like Takeo Izumi, Yutaka Yoshida, Zsuzsanna Gulácsi and Jorinde Ebert, they concluded that the painting is a Manichaean work of art. It was probably produced by a 13th-century painter from Ningbo, a city  in southern China, and is kept today in the Museum of Japanese Art Yamato Bunkakan in Nara, Nara.
Chinese Six Paths Japanese Buddhists Ningbo silk Jorinde Ebert Museum of Japanese Art Nara Museum of Japanese Art Yamato Bunkakan Nara, Nara hanging scroll Takeo Izumi six realms Mani soteriological Yuan dynasty Manichaean saṃsāra Zsuzsanna Gulácsi