Goryeo, Joseon-era Buddhist masterpieces return home from Japan

Goryeo, Joseon-era Buddhist masterpieces return home from Japan

A rare set of paintings of "The Ten Underworld Kings" from the early Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), recently retrieved from Japan, is unveiled at the National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul, Tuesday. Also unveiled there on the same day was the "Transcription of the Zhou Version of the Avatamsaka Sutra (The Flower Garland Sutra), Vol. 22" from the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392). The Buddhist paintings and the scripture were returned following efforts ma…