Beomeosa Temple Cheongpungdang Hall Amitabha Geungnak Assembly Painting

This painting, preserved in Cheongpungdang Hall at Beomeosa Temple, is an Amitabha Geungnak Assembly Painting, a Buddhist painting depicting Amitabha Buddha preaching to his assembly in the Western Paradise. The entire silk ground is coated in red, over which the imagery is drawn in white outline. The technique is almost identical to that of another Amitabha Geungnak Assembly Painting at Beomeosa Temple (a separate item of Busan Metropolitan City cultural heritage material). The only differences are that the Four Heavenly Kings in the upper left and right of the composition hold swords as their attributes, and that, among the bodhisattva figures in the lower section, the one to the viewer's left holds a lotus bud while the one to the viewer's right holds a lotus in full bloom. An inscription in the lower centre of the composition records that this painting was made in the tenth year of the Xianfeng era, that is, in 1860, the eleventh year of King Cheoljong of Joseon. The Cheongpungdang Hall Amitabha Geungnak Assembly Painting at Beomeosa Temple is recognised as a work that links the currents of nineteenth-century Buddhist iconography, and is valued as important material for the study of late Joseon Buddhist art.

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Region

Geumjeong-gu, Busan

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료