Abstract
The Buddhas of the Three Words in a form of arranging Bhaiṣajyaguru and $Amit{\bar{a}}bha$ at its side based on ${\acute{S}}{\bar{a}}kyamuni$ at the center is enshrined in Daeungbojeon Hall of Daeheungsa Temple located at Haenam. So far, this Buddhas of the Three Words has been known as a wooden Buddha statue. However, as a result of X-ray screening, in left/right Buddha statues excepting main Buddha, wood and molding clay layer were observed at the same time. Therefore, this study intended to observe its internal structure, grafting method and to clarify making technique of Buddha statue during Joseon era based on image information being obtained through X-ray screening of The Buddhas of the Three Words of Daeheungsa Temple. As its result, it was revealed that form of ${\acute{S}}{\bar{a}}kyamuni$ was completed by mainly grafting 5 pieces of timber and this statue shows a typical wood grafted Buddha statue during Joseon era. Form of Bhaiṣajyaguru and $Amit{\bar{a}}bha$ were completed based on molding technique by applying clay on sculpture similar to its appearance after sculpturing more than 10 pieces of timber through its grafting. In other words, internal timber is considered to play a role of its core and grafting method of timber is more close to a technique of molding Buddha statue than to that of wooden Buddha statue during Joseon era. However, clay was directly applied on timber thinly, not applying clay thickly on it after winding straw rope on wooden core and its characteristic is that its facial area was completely composed of wooden construction only. Therefore, it is hard to rule out a possibility that the original sculpturing intention of an artist might be a wooden Buddha statue but in view of the fact that a word, 'molding' was used in a record of relics buried in statue, it could be seen that this Buddha statue might have been recognized as a molding statue at the time when creation of this statue was completed. It is considered that number of case of making statue based on this technique would be more increased when more results of X-ray screening should be accumulated and if more data should be collected, it would provide a significant evidence for identifying chronological, regional aspects of making technique of Buddha statue.
해남 대흥사 대웅보전에는 석가모니불을 중심으로 좌우에 약사불과 아미타불을 배치한 형식의 석가삼세불상이 봉안되어 있다. 그동안 이 삼세불상은 목조불로 알려져 왔으나 X-선 촬영 결과, 본존불을 제외한 좌우불에서 나무 위에 입힌 소조층이 함께 관찰되었다. 따라서 대흥사의 삼세불상은 조선시대 목조불상 및 소조기법이 적용된 불상을 함께 살펴볼 수 있는 좋은 사례가 될 수 있을 것이다. 조선시대 접목조불상의 전형을 보여주고 있는 본존 석가모니불상은 크게 5개의 목재를 접목하여 형상을 완성하고 있으며, 약사와 아미타불은 10개 이상의 목재를 접목하여 외형에 가깝도록 조각한 뒤 그 위로 점토를 발라 소조기법으로 형상을 완성하고 있다. 즉 내부의 목재가 심(芯)의 역할을 한다고 할 수 있는데, 목재의 접목방식이 조선시대의 목조불상보다는 소조불상의 기법에 가깝다. 그러나 목심 위에 새끼줄을 감고 그 위에 점토를 두껍게 바른 것이 아니라 나무 위에 직접 점토를 얇게 발랐으며, 얼굴 부분이 완전히 목조로만 이루어진 것이 특징적이다. 이와 같은 이유로 애초 작가의 조성의도가 목불이었을 가능성도 배제할 수 없으나 복장기록에 '소성(塑成)'이라는 단어가 사용된 것으로 보아 불상 조성이 완료된 시점에 이들 불상을 소조상으로 인식했음을 알 수 있다. 즉 대흥사 좌우불은 조선시대식 소조기법의 한 예로 보아도 좋을 것이라 생각한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 대흥사 삼세불상의 X-선 촬영을 통해 얻은 화상정보를 바탕으로 이들 불상의 내부구조와 접목방식을 살펴보고 이를 통해 조선시대 불상 제작기법을 밝혀보고자 하였다.