Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings

Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings

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Title: Sanjurokkasen (The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry), Circa 1603-1700. A Collection of Illuminated Poetry and Poets, as Thirty-Six Detailed Paintings
Author: First Compiled by Fujiwara no Kintō
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 sheets of illuminated paintings and 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 painted in a colorful variety of hues, and quite a few of them have some lively expressions, albeit some amateurly done. As always, 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. Both the poets and the poetry are on decorated shikishi format leaves, with golden sprays decorating the backgrounds.

Each painting has been laid down and bound in album format, with decorated brocade covers.

One painting album in orihon format (17.5 x 16.6 cm), 36 leaves

This album is in good shape, with heavy rubbing and wear to the album covers, and the brocade decorative portion of the front cover being detached. There is some staining and soiling throughout, with three paintings and calligraphy being heavily affected, two of the poets being completely distorted.