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Hanging Painting and Buddhist Paintings of Hyangcheonsa Temple, Yesan (Five Buddhas, Four Bodhisattvas, Eight Vajras)

예산 향천사 괘불도 및 오여래·사보살·팔금강도 ( 禮山 香泉寺 掛佛圖 및 五如來·四菩薩·八金剛圖 )

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Classification National Registered Cultural Heritage
Name of Cultural Properties Hanging Painting and Buddhist Paintings of Hyangcheonsa Temple, Yesan (Five Buddhas, Four Bodhisattvas, Eight Vajras)
Quantity 18 items
Designated Date 2014.10.29
Age Japanese Occupation
Address Chungcheongnam-do Yesan-gun

These paintings were produced in 1924 by Yakhyo (pen-name: Geumhodang) , a representative monk-painter of the Gyeryongsan School whose members were active at Magoksa Temple, and his disciples between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. As a valuable Buddhist cultural heritage of Korea’s modern period, it reflects the influences of the time, including the use of a western shading method to create a three-dimensional effect, and features unique patterns that differentiate it from other Buddhist paintings of the period.