Inscribed "Gwangmu3nyeon" Ksitigarbha Ten Kings Buddhist Painting of Tongdosa Temple, Yangsan

This painting, preserved at Tongdosa Temple, is a taenghwa — a Buddhist painting made on cloth or paper and mounted as a framed picture or hanging scroll — depicting Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who at Shakyamuni Buddha's request teaches and saves sentient beings of the six realms of existence between Shakyamuni's entry into nirvana and the coming of Maitreya Buddha, together with the Ten Kings, the judges of the underworld. Painted in colour on a silk ground, the composition places the seated figure of Ksitigarbha at the centre, flanked by the Venerable Domyeong and King Mudok, with the Ten Kings, record-keeping officials, messengers of the underworld, boy and girl attendants and demon guards arranged around them. The details are rendered with great care and precision. An inscription at the bottom centre of the painting records that it was made in 1899, the thirty-sixth year of Emperor Gojong's reign in Joseon. It is an important piece of scholarly evidence for the study of Joseon-period Buddhist painting.

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Where it is

Region

Yangsan, Gyeongnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료