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The ''Sanjûrokkasen'', sometimes known as the 36 Poetry Immortals, are a group of thirty-six [[Nara period|Nara]] and [[Heian period]] poets selected by [[Fujiwara no Kinto|Fujiwara no Kintô]] in the 10th or 11th century. They remained an oft-cited standard grouping of famous poets throughout the premodern and [[Edo period|early modern]] periods, down to today.

The ''Sanjûrokkasen'', sometimes known as the 36 Poetry Immortals, are a group of thirty-six [[Nara period|Nara]] and [[Heian period]] poets selected by [[Fujiwara no Kinto|Fujiwara no Kintô]] in the 10th or 11th century. They remained an oft-cited standard grouping of famous poets throughout the premodern and [[Edo period|early modern]] periods, down to today.

From the ''[[Manyoshu|Man'yôshû]]'', Kintô selected [[Kakinomoto no Hitomaro]], [[Yamabe no Akahito]], and [[Otomo no Yakamochi|Ôtomo no Yakamochi]], and from the ''Kokinshû'' and ''Gosen wakashû'' of the early Heian period, he selected [[Ki no Tsurayuki]], [[Ariwara no Narihira]], [[Ono no Komachi]], [[Oshikochi no Mitsune|Ôshikôchi no Mitsune]]...

From the ''[[Manyoshu|Man'yôshû]]'', Kintô selected [[Kakinomoto no Hitomaro]], [[Yamabe no Akahito]], and [[Otomo no Yakamochi|Ôtomo no Yakamochi]], and from the ''Kokinshû'' and ''Gosen wakashû'' of the early Heian period, he selected [[Ki no Tsurayuki]], [[Ariwara no Narihira]], [[Ono no Komachi]], [[Oshikochi no Mitsune|Ôshikôchi no Mitsune]], [[Ariwara no Narihira]], [[Sosei]], [[Sarumaru Dayu|Sarumaru Dayû]].

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