Daeheungsa Yeongsanhoe Hanging Buddhist Painting (Gwaebultaeng), Haenam

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1552

Category

Painting

Era

1764년

Designated year

2008

Location

해남군, 전라남도— 전남 해남군 삼산면 대흥사길 400, 대흥사 (구림리)

Coordinates

34.475960, 126.616358

This gorgeous hanging painting, credited to Saekmin and other monk painters, features five important Buddhas and Bodhisattvas – Sakyamuni in the center, flanked by Manjusri holding a wish-granting jewel at left and Samantabhadra holding a lotus flower at right, and Avalokitesvara and Amitabha on either side of the aureole at the back. Sharing a common theme with the hanging paintings housed at Naesosa, Anjeongsa, Cheonggoksa, Unheungsa, and Dabosa Temples, this five-Buddha composition is based on Ojong beomeumjip (Collection of Ritual Chants in Five Kinds), a ritual manual which was widely used at temples across Jeolla-do in the 18th century. A well-proportioned composition overall with plump figures and colorful and diverse decorative patterns, the painting clearly suggests that Saekmin, the head painter, faithfully inherited the painting style of his teacher, Uigyeom. It is one of Saekmin’s representative works attesting to his lineage to famous monk painters of previous generations.

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