Wooden Ksitigarbha Ten Kings Statues of Anjeongsa Temple, Tongyeong

The Myeongbujeon Hall (Hall of the Underworld) of Anjeongsa Temple enshrines a total of twenty Buddhist statues, including a wooden statue of the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha. Centred on the seated statue of Ksitigarbha, the statue of King Mudok is placed to the right (the statue of the Venerable Domyeon, which once stood to the left, has been stolen), together with the statues of the Ten Kings of the Underworld, attendant boys, ghost-kings, court officials, messenger figures (saja) and warrior guardians, each placed in pairs on the left and right. All of the statues in the Myeongbujeon Hall were confirmed to have a cavity prepared for consecratory deposits, and inside the statue of the Fourth King, King Ogwan, and the statue of Ksitigarbha, a votive text was found along with a huryeongtong (a sealed container of consecrated objects) and portions of sutras. The votive text from the statue of Ksitigarbha has some passages damaged, including part of the record of the date the statues were made and where they were to be enshrined, but it records in detail the circumstances of the statues' creation, including that of the Ksitigarbha statue, together with a list of the donors who took part in sponsoring the work.

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Region

Tongyeong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산