조각승<熙藏>유파와 금산사 대장전 목조석가불좌상

Abstract

Occasioned by a detailed investigation of the wooden seated Shakyamuni Buddha statueenshrined in the Daejangjeon Hall at the Geumsansa Temple in Gimje, the present study aims todetermine the creator of the statue and the date of its creation by arriving at a betterunderstanding of the Cheongheon school that had been active in the provinces of Chungcheong,Jeolla and Gyeongsang during the first half of the 17th century in the Joseon Dynasty period. In regard to the seated Shakyamuni Buddha statue in the Daejangjeon Hall, firstly, it was foundto be the work of the Cheongheon school that was influenced by Hyeonjin, who was active in theChungcheong and Gyeongsang regions during the first half of the 17th century. Secondly, withinthis Cheongheon school, in particular, it was found that the statue bore a very close resemblancein style to the statues made by the monk sculptor Huijang’s group, especially in the shape of theirfaces and the ways in which their are draped over their right shoulder and . Thirdly, the earthenseated Shakyamuni Buddha statue made by 'Eungmae' in the Dongguksa Temple, Gunsan, NorthJeolla Province also displays very similar stylistic features. Since Huijang participated as a donorin the making of the earthen statue, this strengthens the possibility that the wooden Buddhastatue in the Daejangjeon Hall is the work of Huijang. Moreover, the date of the wooden Buddhastatue in the Daejangjeon Hall may be inferred via the epigraph“Gapsin sa-weol si yeok pal-weolil pil (甲申四月始役八月日畢)”recorded on its lower part, and through stylistic comparison withother Buddha statues with inscribed dates created under Huijang’s direction. Through thisprocess new light is shed on the monk sculptor Huijang’s period of activity, and herein lies thesignificance of this study.