The Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry (Sanjūrokkasen 三十六歌仙)
The Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book of seated portraits of classical court poets, made by Yosa Buson and published in Osaka and Kyoto in 1799 for a readership of poetry lovers. Its pages pair each loose, quick ink figure with a calligraphic poem in the upper margin, giving a designer spare, economical brushwork and open white space set against handwritten text.
