Yangsan Naewonsa Temple Amitabha Triad Buddhist Painting

The Amitabha Triad Buddhist Painting held at Naewonsa Temple is a relatively large work, 215.5 cm in height and 228.0 cm in width, depicting Amitabha Buddha together with the bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara (Gwaneum) and Mahasthamaprapta (Daeseji), all three shown standing. According to its votive inscription, the painting was produced in the 7th year of the Xianfeng era of Joseon, that is, the 8th year of King Cheoljong (1857), and was originally enshrined at Chwiunam Hermitage of Tongdosa Temple. The iconography of the Amitabha triad is a common one, but, apart from standing Buddha images showing the "descent to the ritual site" seen in late-Joseon gwaebultaeng — huge Buddhist paintings hung outdoors for large ceremonies — paintings in which all three figures of the triad are shown standing are mainly found among works depicting Amitabha's welcoming descent, produced chiefly from the late Goryeo to the early Joseon period. The Yangsan Naewonsa Temple Amitabha Triad Painting is therefore a triad image in the standing format, a form with fewer surviving examples compared to the seated, front-facing rear-altar paintings enshrined within halls in the late Joseon period. This painting is accordingly valuable for the study of late Joseon Amitabha Buddhist paintings.

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Where it is

Region

Yangsan, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산