부산광역시 서구청 영문 스킵네비게이션

This picture is painted on seven pieces of hemp cloth primed with vermilion and drawn in with white pigments and loess. The main Buddha at the center appears to be Amitabha considering the hand gesture, but the vulture peak at the bottom of the painting could mean the artwork is a depiction of Buddha teaching at the vulture peak. Buddha sits on a pedestal at the center while ten Bodhisattvas, ten major disciples (Kasyapa), and the Four Guardian Kings stand at his side. The marvelous Dharma or Law is adorned with a frame and patterns drawn in with white pigments loess. The bodies of the deities are covered in a thin layer of loess inside an ink outline. The hair is colored in navy blue while the eyebrows are blue-green.

This Buddhist art uses white and light brown colors instead of the more conventional gold lines. The text is written in bad handwriting although the content is extremely formulaic. The painting is marked as painted in 1565; it is a valuable historic piece considering the fact that only three to four early Joseon dynasty Buddhist paintings are in Korea (only one of which is designated as a cultural property) and its large size. It is also the oldest painting done in white pigments and loess, completed in a different style than those commissioned to court painters, offering insight on the variety in Buddhist art styles.