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But why does Rokudo Chinnō-ji play such an important role at this time of year?

Long believed to stand on the borderland between the realms of the living and the dead, the temple is home to the 'Hell King' Enma Dai-Ō (閻魔大王), judge of the deceased.

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Statue of Enma (the 'Hell King') at Rokudo Chinno-ji.

Photo thanks - https://uryu-tsushin.kyoto-art.ac.jp/

Small omikuji holder in the shape of Enma, the 'Hell King'.

Statue of Ono-no-Takamura (right hand man of the 'Hell King') at Rokudo Chinno-ji.

Photo thanks - https://uryu-tsushin.kyoto-art.ac.jp/

12) THE HELL KING👹

Rokudō Chinnō-ji (六道珍皇寺).
At death humans are summoned before Enma Dai-Ō (閻魔大王), 'king of hell' and 'judge of the dead', who examines their character and dispatches them to their appropriate rebirth (whether to earth or to one of the heavens or hells).

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