A character in this story asks his apprentice to strip naked and chain himself to a chair, but grudgingly unchains him after he is attacked by a black snake.
The narrator of this story likens an insufficient comparison to "the blind man's description of the elephant." Later in this story, the narrator saves a girl from getting raped by an unknown assailant after her pet drags him to her room. A character in this story asks his apprentice to strip naked and chain himself to a chair, but grudgingly unchains him after he is attacked by a black snake. An artwork described in this story includes an image of an ox-carriage falling towards a group of sword-like trees as its passenger, a beautiful woman, is (*) burned alive. This short story ends with the protagonist hanging himself out of guilt for his daughter's death. In this story, a pet monkey belonging to that daughter, Yuzuki, dies with her after the Grand Lord of Horikawa grants her court-painter father's request to sketch a burning carriage for the title horrifying artwork. For 10 points, name this Akutagawa story in which Yoshihide paints a depiction of the Buddhist underworld.
The narrator of this story likens an insufficient comparison to "the blind man's description of the elephant."
"Hell Screen" [or "Jigokuhen"]