Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry

The are a group of Japanese poets of the Asuka, Nara, and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no KintÃÂ as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. The oldest surviving collection of the 36 poets' works is Nishi Honganji Sanju-rokunin Kashu ("Nishi Honganji 36 poets collection") of 1113. Similar groups of Japanese poets include the Kamakura period , composed by court ladies exclusively, and the , or Thirty-Six Heian-era Immortals of Poetry, selected by (1107Ã¢ÂÂ1165). This list superseded an older group called the Six Immortals of Poetry.

Sets of portraits (essentially imaginary) of the group were popular in Japanese painting and later woodblock prints, and often hung in temples.

KintÃÂ's Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry

Thirty-Six Female Immortals of Poetry

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, composed in the Kamakura period, refers to thirty-six female immortals of poetry:

New Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry

There are at least two groups of Japanese poets called :

One selected by Fujiwara no Mototoshi (Heian period, now lost)
One including poets mainly of the Kamakura period; who selected this is unknown.

The term usually refers to the second, as this is still extant:

Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry

Sei ShÃÂnagon
Izumi Shikibu
Sagami
EgyÃÂ
Akazome Emon
Fujiwara no Michinobu
NÃÂin
Taira no Sadafumi
Kiyohara no Fukayabu
Uma no Naishi
Fujiwara no Yoshitaka
ÃÂe no Chisato
Fujiwara no Sadayori
JÃÂtÃÂmon'in no ChÃÂ«jÃÂ
Murasaki Shikibu
Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha
Fujiwara no NagatÃÂ
Ariwara no Muneyana
Fujiwara no Michimasa
Prince Kanemi
Ise no Taifu
Sone no Yoshitada
Fun'ya no Yasuhide
Fujiwara no Tadafusa
Sugawara no Sukeaki
ÃÂe no Masahira
AnpÃÂ
ÃÂe no Yoshitoki
Minamoto no Michinari
DÃÂmyÃÂ
ZÃÂki
Ariwara no Motokata
Fujiwara no Sanekata
Fujiwara no KintÃÂ
ÃÂnakatomi no Sukechika
Fujiwara no TakatÃÂ

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