The Wooden Amitabha Buddha Altarpiece at Yaksuam Hermitage of Silsangsa Temple in Namwon is a unique kind of taenghwa (an altar portrait of Buddha) that was made by carving the Buddha statue on a piece of wood. However, taenghwa usually consisted of an image of the Buddha drawn on cloth or paper for a hanging scroll or frame. This square-shaped wooden Amitabha Buddha altarpiece is 183cm wide and 181cm long. It has the simplest composition of all the extant wooden altarpieces made during the late Joseon Dynasty. In the bottom part of the screen, the principal statue of Amitabha Buddha stands at the center, flanked by Bohyeon Bodhisattva and Seji Bodhisattva on its right and Munsu Bodhisattva and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva on its left. In the upper part of the screen, Buddha's two pupils, Anan and Gaseop, can be seen at the center, flanked by Wolgwang Bodhisattva and Ksitigarbha Buddha on the right and Ilgwang Bodhisattva and Maitreya Bodhisattva on the left. Amitabha Buddha is sitting on the pedestal, which is engraved with lions and has an oval mandorla (Buddhist halo of light). All of the images of Buddha have flat, quadrilateral faces that look solemn yet friendly. Narrow shoulders are raised up to upper neck so their heads look like bowing. The clothes draped over their shoulders are extended to the end of the pedestal, which is decorated with the patterns of the lotus flower. The inscription reveals the exact production date to be 1782 (the 6th year of the reign of King Jeongjo of the Joseon Dynasty). The ordinary shape of the images, structure and sophisticated engravings make this an important example of a typical wooden taenghwa of the late Joseon Period.