a view of the Emperor seated in his quarters. Outside, a long landscape shows flying over fields and farms to the palace, the wheel of dharma rolling in front of him. The deity, sent by , has the mission of answering the prayers of the Buddhist monk by healing the Emperor. Following a short landscape, the painting shows the imperial delegation again on their way through plains, mists and mountains. The messenger thanks in person, and then the painting ends with a landscape lost in the mist. Third scroll The third scroll, "The Story of the Nun", recounts the adventures of a nun, 's older sister, in search of her brother whom she has not seen for twenty years. It consists of two calligraphed sections and two painted sections. After the introductory calligraphed text, the first painting opens with a mountain landscape in which an old nun and two men walk. Then the nun, who has arrived at a village, is shown sitting under the porch of a chapel while the villagers bring her food. There follows a new scene of landscape and mist, then the nun, having passed a small shrine, asks an old peasant for information about her brother. Behind them are the farm and three busy women, one in the garden and two washing the laundry. We then discover the nun sitting on the doorstep of the farm, chatting with a young woman who spins wool. We also see through the windows a woman and children scrutinizing the travellers with curiosity, as well as a man rebuffing two dogs barking outside. A new landscape again shows the nun travelling, fallow deer indicating that she is in the Nara region. Then the nun, following her arrival at the temple, is painted praying in front of the monumental statue. The nun is shown several times (a technique of representation of time passing) in the scene at the foot of the monumental statue, praying, sleeping or meditating. The temple disappears in the mist, then a landscape scene follows, completing the painting. The second calligraphed section relates that the appeared in the nun's dreams to guide her to her brother. In the second painting, looks outward as if someone has called him; in front of him stands his sister. There follows a landscape where a purple cloud appears in the air, an omen indicating that the nun was guided to Mount