Donghwasa Jijangsiwangdo, Daegu

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1773

Category

Painting

Era

1728년 (영조 4)

Designated year

2012

Location

동구, 대구광역시— 대구광역시 동구 동화사1길 1 (도학동, 동화사)

Coordinates

35.920400, 128.701900Museum-based location

This Buddhist painting was made to occupy, along with a painting of Tripitaka Bodhisattvas, the middle tier of the three-tier painting enshrined in Daeungjeon Hall of Donghwasa Temple in 1728. A throng of Buddhist deities and their attendants is depicted in the painting including Ksitgarbha, the ruler of the Buddhist underworld, with his two attendants, Domyeong Jonja and Mudok Gwiwang, Ten Kings, Judges, Underworld Emissaries, Errand Boys, Flame Hair Jailers, Generals, and six bodhisattvas arranged in strict symmetry. The principal figure of the painting, Ksitigarbha, is located at the center wearing the “sun-moon” crown. He is flanked, as in ordinary paintings of the Buddhist Underworld, by the odd-number kings led by Domyeong Jonja in the left and the even-number kings led by Mudok Gwiwang in the right. The Painting of Ksitigarbha and Ten Underworld Kings in Donghwasa Temple has a clear record of its production date and a list of painters participated in its production, and provides important clues about various aspects of the Ksitigarbha paintings of the early 18th century and artistic styles sought after by the painters in the inner area of Gyeongbuk-do.

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