Ch: Xuanzhuang/Xuanzang (600/2-664). A Chinese monk of the Tang Dynasty and the founder of the Hossō sect (see *Hossō rokuso 法相六祖). In 629 Genjō decided to go to India to obtain the Buddhist scriptures, visited numerous Buddhist sites, returned in 645, and translated a large number of sutras into Chinese. His diary is still an important source of information about the places he visited in Central Asia and India at that time. Stories about him, such as Daitō saiikiki 大唐西域記 (The Journey to the West, 12 vols. compiled in 646), provided more exciting details. A 13th-century manuscript of the Song version of the tale is preserved in Kōzanji 高山寺, Kyoto. In paintings Genjō is shown with a large backpack containing the 600 scrolls of the Daihannyakyō 大般若経 (Great Wisdom Sutra). The scroll ends can be seen in the side of the pack. He is associated particularly with the Hannya 般若 (Wisdom) texts and, in folklore, with the magical power of the Hannya shingyō 般若心経 (Heart Sutra), the shortest of the Hannya texts. He is often included in the painting of *Jūroku zenshin 十六善神 (the Sixteen Protectors of the sutra). Genjō is also sometimes shown seated with a sutra book in his hands. His biography is illustrated in handscrolls entitled Genjō sanzō emaki 玄奘三蔵絵巻.