Shakyamuni Buldo Painting of Jogyesa Temple

A taenghwa is a Buddhist painting made in the form of a framed picture or hanging scroll, made to be hung in a Buddhist hall. This painting, installed behind the Buddha statue in Daeungjeon Hall of Jogyesa Temple, was painted to depict the Buddha statue (Shakyamuni Buddha) enshrined in front of it. It places a large figure of Shakyamuni Buddha at the centre, with four bodhisattvas and two disciples on either side, and two heavenly beings and four heavenly kings arranged around them. It is a Yeongsanhoesangdo, a painting depicting Shakyamuni preaching on Vulture Peak, with an excellent composition and figures rendered with individual character. The colouring was applied with soft brushwork close to watercolour, and the treatment of pale colour tones in particular is both distinctive and outstanding. The artist of this painting was Kim Il-seop, a renowned figure among modern Buddhist painters, and among his surviving works it is regarded as a masterpiece representative of the early twentieth century. It was also enshrined under the leadership of the leading monks of the day, giving it a background of production befitting the standing of Jogyesa Temple at that time. It holds great historical value both as a Buddhist painting produced under Japanese colonial rule through the combined efforts of all Buddhist orders, and as a work by Kim Il-seop, a leading painter of the modern period.

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Where it is

Region

Jongno-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산