Ksitigarbha Painting of Pyochungsa Temple, Miryang

It is confirmed — from the votive inscription (bokjanggi) placed inside the wooden Ksitigarbha statue and stone statues of the Ten Kings currently enshrined together in the Myeongbujeon Hall, the hall dedicated to Ksitigarbha and the underworld's ten judges, and from the hwagi, the production record, on this Ksitigarbha painting — that the painting was created at the same time as these sculptures, as part of a major Buddhist undertaking in the 8th year of the Hamfeng era, that is, 1858. The Pyochungsa Ksitigarbha Painting is therefore significant not only for the history of this major undertaking at Pyochungsa Temple and for its scale as a late Joseon Ksitigarbha painting, but also as a highly accomplished work, its fine pigments giving it exceptional descriptive skill and artistic quality.

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Where it is

Region

Miryang, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산