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.
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