Thirty-six Poetry Immortals - New Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry

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:

  1. Emperor Go-Toba
  2. Emperor Tsuchimikado
  3. Emperor Juntoku
  4. Emperor Go-Saga
  5. Prince Masanari of Rokujō-no-Miya
  6. Prince Munetaka of Kamakura-no-Miya
  7. Prince Dōjonyūdō
  8. Prince Shikishi
  9. Kujō Yoshitsune
  10. Kujō Michiie
  11. Saionji Kintsune
  12. Koga Michiteru
  13. Saionji Saneuji
  14. Minamoto no Sanetomo
  15. Kujō Motoie
  16. Fujiwara no Ienaga
  17. Jien
  18. Gyōi
  19. Horikawa Michitomo
  20. Fujiwara no Sadaie
  21. Kujō-in Takakura
  22. Fujiwara no Toshinari no Musume
  23. Go-Toba-in Kunaikyō
  24. Sōheki Mon'in no Shōshō
  25. Fujiwara no Tameie
  26. Asukai Masatsune
  27. Fujiwara no Ietaka
  28. Fujiwara no Tomoie
  29. Fujiwara no Ariie
  30. Hamuro Motsutoshi
  31. Fujiwara no Nobuzane
  32. Minamoto no Tomochika
  33. Fujiwara no Takasuke
  34. Minamoto no Ienaga
  35. Kamo no Chōmei
  36. Fujiwara no Hideyoshi

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