Heungcheonsa Birojanabul Samsin Hanging Buddhist Painting, Seoul

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2150

Category

Painting

Era

조선 순조 32년(1832년)

Designated year

2021

Location

성북구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 성북구 흥천사길 29 (돈암동, 흥천사)

Coordinates

37.595800, 126.990700Museum-based location

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The Birushana Buddha Trisoma Hanging Dharma Scroll from Heungcheon Temple in Seoul was created in 1832 by master painter Hwadamsinseon and seventeen other Buddhist painters. Hwadamsinseon inherited the painting traditions from accomplished contemporary Seoul-Gyeonggi region artists including Sanggyeom, Minkwan, and Yeonheung who created the Yongju Temple paintings in 1790. He represents the exemplary painter-priest of 19th-century Seoul school Buddhism. The scroll was commissioned for the longevity and wellbeing of King Sunjo, his queen, the crown prince's wives, and the future King Heonjong. Patrons included Kim Jo-soon, Sunjo's father-in-law, along with King Jeongjo's daughter Princess Sukseon and various court ladies representing royal sponsorship. The iconography demonstrates distinctive characteristics, featuring Noshana Buddha rendered as a Tathagata form, creating variations in traditional trisoma iconography. The composition of Buddha-disciples-attendant bodhisattvas arranged in three tiers influenced countless subsequent 19th-century Seoul-Gyeonggi hanging scrolls. The execution displays refined, dignified imagery alongside precise brushwork, brilliant colors, and intricate decorative patterns, maintaining distinguished artistic standards throughout the entire composition.

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