Goseong Unheungsa Temple Amitabha Buddha Assembly Painting

This is a Buddhist assembly painting depicting Amitabha Buddha, who presides over the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss; the principal Buddha, Amitabha, is placed large at the centre of the composition. Amitabha wears a robe covering both shoulders and sits in gilsangjwa, the "auspicious posture", with the right foot resting on the left knee. At the very top of the painting is a gathering of holy assemblies come to hear Amitabha's teaching, and below them are the Eight Great Bodhisattvas of Amitabha, led by Avalokitesvara in white robes, together with the Four Heavenly Kings who guard the Buddhist Law. This painting shows an overall composition, figure style and colouring similar to the Medicine Buddha Assembly Painting of Unheungsa Temple (a Gyeongsangnam-do Tangible Cultural Heritage), suggesting it was painted by the same artist.

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Where it is

Region

Hadong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산