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Abstract

The exact date of creation of the Wooden Seated Amitabha Buddha Triad Statues of Yongheungsa Temple in Sangju cannot be determined because no records on their creation have been found. However, considering the style characteristics and the fact that the Geungnakjeon Hall, where they are enshirined, was built in 1647, it is estimated that these statues were created by the sculptor monk Seungil (勝一, 勝日) in the 1650s. The Wooden Seated Amitabha Buddha Triad Statues at Yongheungsa Temple have the most s imilar s tyle c h aracteristics to t h e Wooden Seated Bh aisajyaguru (Healing Buddh a) and Amitabha Buddha Statues at Bongeunsa Temple, which were created in 1651. However, they differ in that the faces are slightly longer and the jawlines are softer compared to the square-shaped faces of the Buddha statues of Bongeunsa Temple. The Yongheungsa Amitabha Buddha Triad Statues share common characteristics with the statues created by Seungil. That is, the two hands placed low on the knees, the wide ‘八’ shaped wrinkle between the two legs, the two lines carved in relief towards the two knees, the symmetrical oval wrinkles on the calves, and the ‘Y’ shaped wrinkles above and below the triangular fossa of the upper ears. In addition, the Wooden Seated Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Statue of Yongheungsa Temple (currently enshrined at Seobongsa Temple in Daegu) created by the sculptor monk Seungil in 1665 has narrower shoulders than the Amitabha Buddha Triad. The folds of the clothes on the right shoulder and the pointed leaf-shaped folds f lowing down from the left wrist and expressed above the left knee are also simplified, indicating that the wooden Seated Amitabha Buddha Triad Statues were created earlier. This study suggests that the Wooden Seated Amitabha Buddha Triad Statues at Yongheungsa Temple were created by the sculptor monk Seungil around the time of the Wooden Seated Bhaisajyaguru (Healing Buddha) and Amitabha Buddha Statues at Bongeunsa Temple (1651), and they were made ealier than the Wooden Seated Sh akyamuni B uddh a Triad at G imryongsa Temple ( 1658) a nd t h e Wooden K sitigarbh a Bodhisattva Statue of Yongheungsa Temple (1665).