Also read niga byakudō-zu. Lit. "picture of Two Rivers and the White Path." Inspired by a parable taught by the founder of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism, Shandao 善導 (Jp: *Zendō 善導; 613-81), in his commentary on Guan wuliangshou jingsu (Jp: Kanmuryōjukyōsho 観無量寿経疏). The bottom of the painting shows this world, or this shore, shigan 此岸, and the top *Amida's 阿弥陀 Western Paradise gokuraku 極楽, or Pure Land jōdo 浄土, located on the far shore, higan 彼岸. Connecting the two is the narrow white path running between the River of Fire (hatred) on the south and the River of Water (greed) on the north over which the believer must carefully travel to attain rebirth in the Pure Land. In order to encourage believers to strive for salvation, many works of nika byakudō-zu were produced during the Kamakura period. Well-known examples include those in Kōmyōji 光明寺, Kyoto, and the Kōsetsu 香雪 Art Museum, Hyōgo Prefecture.