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The Rishukyō jūhachi-e mandara was introduced from China to Japan by Ennin 円仁 (794-864) and Shūei 宗叡 (809-884). Later Genkaku 厳覚 (also known as Gonkaku, 1056-1121), Kōzen 興然 (also known as Kōnen, 1120-1203), Dōhō 道宝 (1214-81) and others produced variant forms of the Rishukyō mandara by incorporating the doctrines of the Rishushakukyō 理趣釈経 (a commentary on the Rishu-kyō) and Kongōchōkyō 金剛頂経 (Diamond Peak Sutra, Sk: Sarva tathagata tattva samgraha). There is also a xylograph version of the Jūshichidan mandara at Fudaraku'in 補陀洛院, Mt. Kōya 高野, Wakayama Prefecture.