Ksitigarbha and Ten Kings Painting of Anyangam Hermitage

This work, currently hung behind the Ksitigarbha triad of statues in Myeongbujeon Hall (the hall of the king of the underworld), is a painting centred on the Ksitigarbha triad — Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva wearing a hood, together with Venerable Domyeong and Mudok, the Ghost King — flanked by the Ten Kings of the underworld, judges, messengers, prison guards, the boy attendants of good and evil, and the Four Heavenly Kings. It was made in June 1924 by the monk Gosan. Completed by joining seven panels into a single sheet, it survives entirely intact, and, like the Buddhist painting of Jijangsa Temple, it is notable for being painted in a long horizontal format. The shading technique used on the faces of the attendant figures on either side clearly reveals the painting style of Gosandang Chukyeon.

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Where it is

Region

Jongno-gu, Seoul

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료