Genbō

Genbō (玄昉^?, d. 746), also known as Gembō, was a Japanese scholar-monk and bureaucrat of the Imperial Court at Nara. He is best known as a leader of the Hossō sect of Buddhism and as the adversary of Fujiwara no Hirotsugu.

In 717-718, he was part of the Japanese mission to Tang China (Kentōshi) along with Kibi no Makibi and Abe no Nakamaro. Genbō stayed in China for 17 years. Genbō brought many esoteric Buddhist texts with him when he returned to Japan.

At Kōfuku-ji, he was appointed abbot (sōjō) by Emperor Shōmu.

At the time of Genbō's death, it was popularly believed that he was killed by the vengeful spirit of Hirotsugu.

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