There are at least two groups of Japanese poets called New Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry (新三十六歌仙, Shinsanjūrokkasen?):
- One selected by Fujiwara no Mototoshi (Heian period)
- One including poets mainly of the Kamakura period; who selected this is unknown.
The term usually refers to the second:
- Emperor Go-Toba
- Emperor Tsuchimikado
- Emperor Juntoku
- Emperor Go-Saga
- Prince Masanari of Rokujō-no-Miya
- Prince Munetaka of Kamakura-no-Miya
- Prince Dōjonyūdō
- Prince Shikishi
- Kujō Yoshitsune
- Kujō Michiie
- Saionji Kintsune
- Koga Michiteru
- Saionji Saneuji
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Kujō Motoie
- Fujiwara no Ienaga
- Jien
- Gyōi
- Horikawa Michitomo
- Fujiwara no Sadaie
- Kujō-in Takakura
- Fujiwara no Toshinari no Musume
- Go-Toba-in Kunaikyō
- Sōheki Mon'in no Shōshō
- Fujiwara no Tameie
- Asukai Masatsune
- Fujiwara no Ietaka
- Fujiwara no Tomoie
- Fujiwara no Ariie
- Hamuro Motsutoshi
- Fujiwara no Nobuzane
- Minamoto no Tomochika
- Fujiwara no Takasuke
- Minamoto no Ienaga
- Kamo no Chōmei
- Fujiwara no Hideyoshi
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Famous quotes containing the words thirty-six and/or poetry:
“Of the thirty-six stratagems, the best is running away.”
—Chinese proverb.
“All poetry is supposed to be instructive but in an unnoticeable manner; it is supposed to make us aware of what it would be valuable to instruct ourselves in; we must deduce the lesson on our own, just as with life.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)