Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy

Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy

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Title: Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1600-1639. A Sumptuously Produced Collection of Famed Poetry and Poets, in 72 Illuminated Paintings and Calligraphy
Author: Calligraphy Attributed to Shokado Shojo: Paintings Likely by an Artist of the Tosa School; Poetry Originally Compiled by Fujiwara no Kinto
Condition: Good

An Early Edo Period, 17th century manuscript collection of the Sanjurokkasen, also more famously known as the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry, in thirty-six large sheets of illuminated paintings and another in thirty-six sheets of poetical calligraphy.

Selected by Fujiwara no Kintō of the Heian Period, they are a group of Japanese poets of the Asuka, Nara, and Heian Periods as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability.

Since that, various editions of the Sanjurokkasen have been produced, from the Thirty-Six Female Immortals of Poetry, the New Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry, and even the Late Classical Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry, each with a unique selection of poets.

Each poet has been sumptuously painted in to a remarkable level of detailing, with considerable facial work down to the pupils, and illuminated backgrounds of gold spray, clouds, and reeds that must have once looked opulent at their peak condition. There is considerable attention to detail on their layers on clothing, and some of the poets have been illuminated to a certain degree, whether it be the designs of their clothing being illuminated, or their outlines being made distinctive with gold. Such a level of skill and illumination work is highly similar to Tosa School productions, and not in the more distinctive Southern School style of the Kano School.

There is a Meiji Period appraisal report scroll accompanying the set, attributing the calligraphy to Shokado Shojo (1584-1639). The head priest of Takimotobo at Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine in Kyoto, Shojo established the Shokado and Takimoto Schools of calligraphy. He is one of the three great calligraphers of the Kan'ei period, along with Hon'ami Koetsu and Konoe Nobutada. He was also rather experienced at painting and the tea ceremony and is known for his ink painting "Chickens and Grapes." He passed away at the age of 56.

Each painting and calligraphy piece has been laid down on several layers of paper, and it is highly likely the pieces were once mounted as part of a folding screen series.

72 shikishi format illuminated calligraphy and paintings, 22.7 x 18.9 cm per calligraphy sheet, 30.8 x 25.8 cm

These manuscripts are in very good to good shape, with various degrees of wear and rubbing to the calligraphy sheets, some being heavily worn down, though most of it is thankfully illumination loss and not text loss. The paintings are in a similar situation, with six of the main poet compositions being more heavily affected.