Yongmunsa Palsangtaeng, Yecheon

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1330

Category

Painting

Era

조선 숙종 35년(1709)

Designated year

2001

Location

예천군, 경상북도— 경상북도 예천군 용문면 용문사길 285-30 (내지리)

Coordinates

36.731386, 128.369496

This is a painting about the life of Shakyamuni Buddha -- from birth to death -- portrayed in eight scenes. The painting is composed of four cuts, each of which contains two scenes. The first cut is about Shakyamuni Buddha descending from Tushita Paradise to this Saha World and Shakyamuni Buddha being born through the flank of Maya Devi in Lumbini. The second cut concerns the four scenes of human existence (Prince Siddhartha feeling the transience of life after observing the people suffering from agony) and deals with his leaving home despite his parents’ opposition. The third cut contains a scene of Shakyamuni engaging in self-discipline with mountain deities in Snow Mountain and withstanding temptations and threats of devils in the process. The last cut depicts a scene of Shakyamuni giving his first sermon in Sarnath and entering nirvana under the twin sala trees. Overall, the painting displays a relatively simple composition focusing on the main scenes, using chiefly red and greenish-blue colors on yellow soil-colored ground. This painting follows the images and styles of the early Joseon Period (1392-1910). We can see that it contains characteristics distinguished from those of its kind and which were made after it.

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