The are a group of Japanese poets of the Asuka, Nara, and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō 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 (1107–1165). This list superseded an older group called the Six Immortals of Poetry.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.
Kintō's Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Ki no Tsurayuki Ōshikōchi Mitsune Lady Ise Ōtomo no Yakamochi Yamabe no Akahito Ariwara no Narihira Henjō Sosei Ki no Tomonori Sarumaru no Taifu Ono no Komachi Fujiwara no Kanesuke Fujiwara no Asatada Fujiwara no Atsutada Fujiwara no Takamitsu Minamoto no Kintada Mibu no Tadamine Saigū no Nyōgo Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Minamoto no Shigeyuki Minamoto no Muneyuki Minamoto no Saneakira Fujiwara no Kiyotada Minamoto no Shitagō Fujiwara no Okikaze Kiyohara no Motosuke Sakanoue no Korenori Fujiwara no Motozane Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu Fujiwara no Nakafumi Taira no Kanemori Mibu no Tadami Kodai no Kimi Nakatsukasa
Thirty-Six Female Immortals of Poetry Main article↗︎
, composed in the Kamakura period, refers to thirty-six female immortals of poetry:
Ono no Komachi Ise Nakatsukasa Kishi Joō Ukon Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha Uma no Naishi Akazome Emon Izumi Shikibu Kodai no Kimi Murasaki Shikibu Koshikibu no Naishi Ise no Taifu Sei Shōnagon Daini no Sanmi Takashina no Kishi Yūshi Naishinnō-ke no Kii Sagami Shikishi Naishinnō Kunai-kyō Suō no Naishi Fujiwara no Toshinari no Musume Taikenmon'in no Horikawa Gishūmon'in no Tango Kayōmon'in no Echizen Nijōin no Sanuki Kojijū Go-Toba-in no Shimotsuke Ben no Naishi Gofukakusa-in no shōshō no naishi Inpumon'in no Tayū Tsuchimikado'in no Kosaishō Hachijō-in Takakura Fujiwara no Chikako Shikikenmon'in no Mikushige Sōhekimon'in no Shōshō
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:
Emperor Go-Toba Emperor Tsuchimikado Emperor Juntoku Emperor Go-Saga Prince Masanari of Rokujō-no-Miya Prince Munetaka of Kamakura-no-Miya Prince Dōjonyūdō Princess Shikishi Kujō Yoshitsune Kujō Michiie Saionji Kintsune Koga Michiteru Saionji Saneuji Minamoto no Sanetomo Kujō Motoie Fujiwara no Ieyoshi Jien Gyōi Minamoto no Michitomo (Horikawa Michitomo) Fujiwara no Sadaie Hachijō-in Takakura Shunzei's Daughter Go-Toba-in Kunaikyō Sōhekimon'in no Shōshō Fujiwara no Tameie Asukai Masatsune Fujiwara no Ietaka Fujiwara no Tomoie Fujiwara no Ariie Hamuro Mitsutoshi Fujiwara no Nobuzane Minamoto no Tomochika Fujiwara no Takasuke Minamoto no Ienaga Kamo no Chōmei Fujiwara no Hideyoshi
Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry
Sei Shōnagon Izumi Shikibu Sagami Egyō Akazome Emon Fujiwara no Michinobu Nōin Taira no Sadafumi Kiyohara no Fukayabu Uma no Naishi Fujiwara no Yoshitaka Ōe no Chisato Fujiwara no Sadayori Jōtōmon'in no Chūjō Murasaki Shikibu Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha Fujiwara no Nagatō Ariwara no Muneyana Fujiwara no Michimasa Prince Kanemi Ise no Taifu Sone no Yoshitada Fun'ya no Yasuhide Fujiwara no Tadafusa Sugawara no Sukeaki Ōe no Masahira Anpō Ōe no Yoshitoki Minamoto no Michinari Dōmyō Zōki Ariwara no Motokata Fujiwara no Sanekata Fujiwara no Kintō Ōnakatomi no Sukechika Fujiwara no Takatō
See also Rokkasen Nishi Honganji Sanju-rokunin Kashu
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