Thirty-six Poetry Immortals

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The Thirty-six Poetry Immortals (Japanese 三十六歌仙, Sanjūrokkasen) are a group of medieval Japanese poets selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability. Similar groups of Japanese poets include the Kamakura period Nyōbō Sanjūrokkasen (女房三十六歌仙), composed of court ladies exclusively, and the Chūkō Sanjūrokkasen (中古三十六歌仙) or Thirty-six Medieval Poetry Immortals.

1. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本人麻呂	19. Saigū no Nyōgo 斎宮女御 / Kishi Joō 徽子女王
2. Ki no Tsurayuki 紀貫之	20. Ōnakatomi no Yoritomo 大中臣頼基
3. Ōshikōchi Mitsune 凡河内躬恒	21. Fujiwara no Toshiyuki 藤原敏行
4. Lady Ise 伊勢	22. Minamoto no Shigeyuki 源重之
5. Ōtomo no Yakamochi 大伴家持	23. Minamoto no Muneyuki 源宗于
6. Yamabe no Akahito 山部赤人	24. Minamoto no Saneakira 源信明
7. Ariwara no Narihira 在原業平	25. Fujiwara no Kiyotada 藤原清正
8. Henjō 遍昭	26. Minamoto no Shitagō 源順
9. Sosei 素性法師	27. Fujiwara no Okikaze 藤原興風
10. Ki no Tomonori 紀友則	28. Kiyohara no Motosuke 清原元輔
11. Sarumaru no Taifu 猿丸大夫	29. Sakanoue no Korenori 坂上是則
12. Ono no Komachi 小野小町	30. Fujiwara no Motozane 藤原元真
13. Fujiwara no Kanesuke 藤原兼輔	31. Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu 大中臣能宣
14. Fujiwara no Asatada 藤原朝忠	32. Fujiwara no Nakafumi 藤原仲文
15. Fujiwara no Atsutada 藤原敦忠	33. Taira no Kanemori 平兼盛
16. Fujiwara no Takamitsu 藤原高光	34. Mibu no Tadami 壬生忠見
17. Minamoto no Kintada 源公忠	35. Kodai no Kimi 小大君
18. Mibu no Tadamine 壬生忠岑	36. Nakatsukasa 中務

[edit] New Thirty-six Poetry Immortals

There are at least two groups of Japanese poets called New Thirty-six Poetry Immortals (新三十六歌仙, Shinsanjūrokkasen):

• One selected by Fujiwara no Mototoshi
• One including poets mainly of the Kamakura period; Who selected this is unknown.

The term usually refers to the second.

[edit] External links

• Poem Scroll of Thirty-six Immortal Poets