Nectar Ritual Painting of Gyeongguksa Temple

This is a Gamnodo, a nectar ritual painting depicting the Buddhist rite for saving suffering spirits. It shows the typical iconography of the gamnowangdo paintings that were popular in the Seoul and Gyeonggi region from the mid-19th century onward — examples include the Suraksan Gamnodo (1868), the Buramsa Gamnodo (1890), the Bongeunsa Gamnodo (1892), the Cheongnyongsa Gamnodo (1898) and the Bogwangsa Gamnodo (1898) — and it faithfully depicts Buddhist ritual scenes as they were performed at the time, alongside scenes of ordinary people's lives, portraying both the Suryukjae rite for spirits of water and land and everyday life. In particular, the varied depiction of figures and their lively poses give the whole composition an animated, lifelike atmosphere. It was also made by Chukyeon and Cheolyu, leading monk-painters active at the time in Gangwon-do and the Seoul-Gyeonggi region, and it was sponsored by court ladies, vividly showing how Buddhist paintings were commissioned within the royal court at the time.

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Where it is

Region

Seongbuk-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산