Greater Sutra on the Perfection of Wisdom, Part 11, Chapter 579, c. 1300, Unknown Japanese, 10 3/8 × 365 1/2 in. ( × cm) (image)10 3/8 × 374 3/8 in. ( × cm) (mount, without roller), Woodblock print; ink on paper, Japan, 14th century, In the 600s, a Chinese Buddhist monk called Xuanzang (active c. 602–664) journeyed throughout India and neighboring countries studying and collecting sacred Buddhist texts. He returned to China with three versions of the Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra, or Greater Sutra on the Perfection of Wisdom, written in the Sanskrit language.

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