백담사 목조아미타여래좌상의 복장 저고리와 불복장복식 현황

Abstract

Costume relics that have been handed down to this day and revealed can be classified largely into Buddhist enshrinement, excavated relics and relics handed down through the ages. Although the quantity of excavated relics outnumber relics handed down through the ages and Buddhist enshrinement, costumes of Buddhist enshrinement are definitely in the best conditions in preservation state of shape and color. It is because that relics of Buddhist enshrinement are preserved almost in a vacuum state inside Buddhist statues that are an object of worship, and have the optimum conditions environmentally as they are enshrined in the best and highest place of temples, which can only be good for preservation of relics. And it is advantageous for understanding information of costumes and surrounding situation because votive inscription is discovered mostly with Buddhist enshrinement or votive inscription and prayer are written on the relics of costumes in Chinese ink. Thus, relics of Buddhist enshrinement have a limit in quantity of costumes, but studies on the costumes of Buddhist enshrinement are considered the present progressive in a sense that there is plenty of room to be confirmed additionally in the future. Hoijang jeogori (ornamented jacket) of the year 1748 which is housed in the Baekdamsa Temple, Inje to be dealt with mainly in this study was first known to the academic world in 1998 and started to get a lot of attention by the researchers of costume history since then. This study conducted an in-depth examination of the contents of jeogori which is one of the relics of costumes in Baekdamsa Temple within the classification of the whole Buddhist enshrinement costumes that have been excavated so far. Less attention has been paid to textile that have less connection with Buddhist ceremony so far as compared to the other costumes relics, and the public spotlight moved away due to difficulty and complexity in investigation, but research survey this time provided a chance to organize 72 pieces of costumes relics and preparation of basic data for future researches is considered a great accomplishment. For Buddhist faith, becoming the Buddha through the practice and devotion of one’s own is the fundamental spirit of Buddhists, but in reality where the form of religious belief as religion praying for blessings exists clearly, dedicating costume to Buddhist enshrinement with one’s sincerity and wish is considered a universal religious activity, and this study confirmed through a variety of costumes relics of Buddhist enshrinement that Buddhism aimed at attainment of Buddhahood through the practice of one’s own but the mind of humankind had a custom to attain Buddhahood through various acts of faith that asks for fortune before the Buddha.