Amitabha and Kshitigarba

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Very few Korean paintings made prior to the twelfth century survive. Buddhist paintings of the Goryeo dynasty were renowned for their delicacy and refinement. Pigments were applied to both the back and the front of the silk, intensifying their hues and luminosity (though some have faded over time and from exposure to light). The combination seen here of Amitabha Buddha and the bodhisattva Kshitigarbha (Amita and Jijang in Korean)\u2014on the right and left, respectively, standing under one canopy\u2014is highly unusual and the only known example of this iconography in Goryeo Buddhist painting. A more typical composition features these two figures alongside Avalokiteshvara (Gwaneum), forming a triad in which Amitabha is the central deity. Both Amitabha and Kshitigarbha enjoyed a strong following during the Goryeo dynasty due to the popularity of Pure Land Buddhism. Amitabha Buddha offered the promise of easy salvation and entry into the Western Paradise; Kshitigarbha offered guidance and redemption in death and the afterlife.

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