Iconographic sketches of Buddhist images done in simple ink drawing (see *hakubyō 白描). These outline drawings were handed down and copied by monks or artists working for Buddhist institutions to be followed as standards when executing religious paintings of deities. In many cases lay people also copied zuzō as a ritualistic act to achieve merit. The ink iconographic drawings of the Goddess of Mercy Hakubyō Kannon zuzō. 白描観音図像 which have the day that they were painted noted by the devotee on them are examples of zuzō. The major early zuzō have been compiled in Jikkanshō 十巻抄 (Selections in Ten Chapters; 1310), also called *Zuzōshō 図像抄, and *Besson zakki 別尊雑記 (12th century) which are included in the Buddhist anthology Taishō shinshū daizōkyō 大正新脩大蔵経.