Thirty-Six Poets

Chōbunsai Eishi Japanese

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The thirty-six poets selected by critic Fujiwara Kintō (966–1041) for particular veneration were a popular subject in all genre in the Edo period. Eishi's version pairing the poems with vividly colored imaginary court scenes creates a correspondence between the Heian period (794–1185) taste for elegance and sophistication and the height of fin-de-siècle fashion.

Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan

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Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan
Thirty-Six Poets, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper, Japan

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