Jangryuksa Vulture Peak Assembly Painting, Yeongdeok

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2263

Category

Painting

Era

1764년(조선 영조 40)

Designated year

2024

Location

영덕군, 경상북도— 경상북도 영덕군 장육사1길 172 (창수면, 장륙사)

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The Yeongsan Assembly Painting from Jangryuksa Temple in Yeongdeok is a Buddhist painting dated to 1764, with the names of nine painter-monks including Duhun, Jaeyok, and Jeonsu clearly recorded in the painting inscription. Executed in color on silk, the composition depicts Shakyamuni Buddha expounding the Lotus Sutra atop Mount Sumeru, with the central Buddha figure surrounded by ten bodhisattvas, ten principal disciples, Indra and Brahma, four additional Buddhas, and the eight diamond-holders arranged in concentric circles. The painting's striking complementary color contrast of red and green, combined with elaborate decorative patterns, demonstrates exceptional pictorial technique. This work represents the earliest documented involvement of Duhun as lead painter and is recognized as an important example of the Imhan school of monk-painters, to which Duhun belonged alongside Uigyeom as a major figure in 18th-century Buddhist painting. The composition successfully adapts the Yeongsan Assembly structure established by Imhan through Tongdosa Temple while expressing Duhun's distinctive artistic style, exemplified by the detailed decorative treatment of the Buddha's halo and sophisticated spatial composition. This painting is valued not only as a significant record of Duhun's stylistic development but also for its preservation of the original format, mounting method, and pigmentation materials, contributing additional scholarly value beyond Buddhist painting history in areas such as conservation science.