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The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

Studio of Kano Takanobu (d. 1618)

early 17th century · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper

The Poet Mibu no Tadamine, from a set of album leaves illustrating The Thirty-six Poetic Immortals

Iwasa Matabei (d. 1650)

early 17th century · Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold and silver on paper

Thirty-six Acrobats in Six Groups

Stefano della Bella (d. 1664)

1652 · Etching; second state of two

Portraits and Poems of the Thirty-six Poetic Immortals

Sumiyoshi Gukei (d. 1705)

1674–92 · Album of thirty-six paintings and thirty-six poems; ink, color and gold on silk and paper

Set of six knives

Louis-Joseph Lenhendrick (d. 1783)

1767–71 · Gilt silver, silver

Set of six spoons

Louis-Joseph Lenhendrick (d. 1783)

1767–71 · Gilt silver, silver

The Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry (Sanjūrokkasen) 三十六歌仙

Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 (d. 1783)

1799 (published posthumously) · Woodblock printed book; ink on paper

Thirty-Six Poets

Chōbunsai Eishi (d. 1829)

ca. 1795 · Woodblock printed album; ink and color on paper

The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

Sakai Hōitsu (d. 1828)

1824 · Handscroll; ink and color on paper

Kobushō Kasei from the Series Thirty-Six Restaurants In New Tokyo

Toyohara Kunichika (d. 1900)

late 19th century · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Rectangular Pattern (Islamic) with Six Eight-pointed Stars

Anonymous, Italian or Spanish, late 15th to early 16th century (d. 1550)

1450–1550 · Pen and brown ink over stylus ruling

Thirty-six Pieces of Calligraphy

Unrecorded maker

1914 · Ink on gold-decorated paper