Seated Uiseong Ongnyeonsa Temple Wooden Amitabha Buddha

This is a seated wooden Amitabha Buddha statue believed to have been made during the Joseon period. It measures 132 cm in total height, with the head 25 cm high, the knees 25 cm high and 93 cm wide at the knees. The boundary between the head and the usnisha (the cranial protuberance) is clearly marked; a cylindrical jewel rises from the crown of the head, and an oval jewel is set at the centre of the head. The eyes are long and narrow, extending sideways, and the eyebrows are rendered as round arcs. The nose forms a slightly rounded ridge, and the lips are carved to suggest a faint smile. The robe is worn in the double-layered manner, with an inner garment beneath the outer robe; the chest is relatively broad, and a half-moon-shaped fold of the outer robe drapes over the right shoulder. The hands form the Dharmacakra mudra, the gesture of turning the wheel of the Dharma. The folds carved at the knees form fan-shaped drapery. The statue was regilded in 1961, and the pedestal was made at that time. Given its stylistic features — the voluminous curves of the body, the curving and formalised drapery lines, the blocky construction of the body, the serene, dignified yet gentle face, and the Dharmacakra mudra — the statue well reflects the stylistic characteristics of the Joseon period, and is presumed to be a work made just before the Japanese invasions of 1592–98 (the Imjin War).

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Where it is

Region

Uiseong, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산