Seated Sungnimsa Temple Yeongwonjeon Hall Ksitigarbha and Attendant Figures

These are the statues enshrined in Yeongwonjeon Hall at Sungnimsa Temple: a seated Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva together with the Ten Kings of the Underworld and their attendants, twenty-five figures in all. They are known to have been made in the twelfth year of King Injo's reign (1634), and to have been moved to Sungnimsa Temple and enshrined in Yeongwonjeon Hall after originally standing at Bocheonsa Temple in Okgu-gun. The wooden Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva measures about 104 cm in total height, with a head 32 cm high, shoulders 53 cm wide and knees 71 cm wide; the face is full and serene, and the head is bare, without any particular ornamentation. The monastic robe covers both shoulders, with a horizontal fold of drapery represented across the chest. Mudok Guiwang, a ghost king who attends Ksitigarbha, and the Venerable Domyeong are placed in a row on either side of the bodhisattva. The Ten Kings and their attendants appear to have been made in the same period as the seated Ksitigarbha, but unlike that statue they are clay figures, formed over a clay core with cloth applied to the surface. The twenty-five statues, including the seated Ksitigarbha, have a clearly established production date, making them valuable material for the study of Joseon-period Buddhist sculpture.

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Iksan, Jeonbuk

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Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산