Hyeonwang Painting of Sajaam Hermitage

This is a work painted about 35 years later by Uimin, who had earlier taken part as geumeo - the master monk-painter - of the Jijang Siwangdo (a painting of Ksitigarbha and the Ten Kings of Hell) at Sajaam Hermitage. Compared with the typical Hyeonwangdo - paintings of the King of the Underworld venerated in rites for the newly deceased - of the Seoul and Gyeonggi region, its composition is freer and more varied, and it is particularly notable for its generous use of empty space. The depiction of figures shows a sense of realism and is well rendered in three dimensions, clearly displaying the characteristics of Buddhist paintings from the Seoul and Gyeonggi region in the latter half of the 19th century.

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Where it is

Region

Dongjak-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산