흑석사 목조아미타불좌상(1458)의 종합적 연구

Abstract

The Wooden Seated Amitabha Buddha statue, a national treasure at Heukseok-sa temple, is the best wooden Buddha statue in the early Joseon period, created in 1458. As befits a court-sponsored Buddha statue, it has not only noble dignity, but also its chest artifacts are filled with valuable artifacts inside the statue chest, which well informs the characteristics and significance of Buddha statues in the early Joseon period. First, findings include the Amitabha Buddha Statue at Heukseok-sa temple was donated by Jeongwi princess, Yeonchangwi, Concubine Myeong Kim, and Prince Hyoryeong in 1458, the 4th year of King Sejo, the royal state artisans were fully in charge of the Buddha statue creation, and that it was a Court-sponsored Buddha statue in name and reality. Second, it was revealed that the Amitabha Buddha Statue at Heukseok-sa temple established the iconography characteristics of the new Joseon-type Buddha statue style, such as the pointed Yukgye, Jeongsanggyeju, Seonggeun Nabal's head and slim face, and tall, graceful body, etc. Third, a new eclectic Buddha statue style was created by adding a Tibetan Ming-style Buddha statue to the elegant traditional Buddha statue style since Goryeo, and it was found that the Buddha statue was created in 1458 in the 4th year of King Sejo. Fourth, a large amount of valuable artifacts inside the statue chest were discovered, the record of chest artifacts, Bogwonmun, Sarira Bowl and 5 Bobyeong, etc., and the Saddharmapundarika Sutra in Silver on Indigo Paper, etc., Buddhist records, silk wrapping cloth for sarira containers, etc., and textiles, etc. were found, and the contents of valuable and various Buddhist artifacts inside the statue chest in the early Joseon period could be confirmed. Fifth, the significance of the statue came to be examined in that the first example of the Buddha statue that established the new style of Joseon by inventing a new eclectic Buddha statue style that added Ming style to the traditional style by accepting the new Tibetan Ming style in the early Joseon period is the court-sponsored Heukseok-sa temple Buddha statue.