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Abstract

Recently, there has been efforts to overcome the negative view of Buddhism of late Chosun dynasty. It is also noticeable that the historical sources, written in the aspect of Confucianism, are being reinterpreted through this change. However, it is true that Buddhism could not develop under Neo-Confucianist operating system supported by the royals and nobilities of Chosun. For this reason, the traditional chánjiàoliǎngzōng(the Zen sect and non-zen sect) system which was passed down from Goryeo Dynasty collapsed, and zen-centered practice started to change to adapt the reality of the situation of that time. On the basis of this situation, buddhist orders started to refuse to receive protection from the power and tried develop by gaining support of the public, which was a new process of sublating authority. Through this transition, part of the monk's practice system started to become popular among the people, especially 'The Pure Land' idea and it's practice system. This popularization process was taken on a very buddhistic aspect, but it also shows that folk religion has been combined together to relieve social problems after war. This has also influenced buddhist art significantly that numbers of Amitabha figures were erected, and Sanctums like Sanshin-gak(Taoist Shrine of Mountain Spirits) and Chilseong-gak (Taoist Shrine of the Great Dipper) were set up. Pictures like Chilseong-hwa(picture of the Great Dipper) and Sanshin-do(picture of the Mountain Spirits) were also influenced by this belief system. Moreover, during the late Chosun dynasty, temple constructions were conducted by buddhist circles operated by monks or by the public rather than under control of royal families. This represents that the importance of self-conduct has arose between the inside operators of the order. Through this, it can be seen that the ideas that influenced buddhist art in late Chosun dynasty had much to do with the situation of the time, and the efforts of buddhist orders to transit the inner system to overcome the difficulties.