Ksitigarbha and Ten Kings Painting of Bomunsa Temple

This is a Buddhist painting of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who presides over the world of the dead and delivers sentient beings suffering in the cycle of rebirth. The painting measures 145 cm in width and 200 cm in height and is painted in colour on silk. At the centre is Ksitigarbha, flanked on either side by Mudok, the Ghost King, and the Venerable Domyeong, both of whom are shown, strikingly, with round halos of golden light behind them. Around this central group, the Ten Kings of the underworld and their attendants are depicted to the front, back, left and right. The painting was made by the monk Eungseok, and its relatively detailed inscription helps in understanding the circumstances of Bomunsa Temple at the time it was produced. Its use of colour, its technique of depicting figures, and its date of production are the same as those of the Vulture Peak Assembly Painting in the Daeungjeon Hall.

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Where it is

Region

Seongbuk-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산