Waka Poems of the Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry (Waka sanjūrokkasen)
A woodblock-printed Japanese book of 1610 presenting the waka poems of the thirty-six celebrated court poets, with each poet shown seated beside a column of hand-lettered calligraphy. The pictures are simple black line drawings with light colour in the robes, showing Heian-period nobles in layered patterned garments and tall black caps, set against a ruled border of decorative bands; a designer might take the clear figure outlines, the repeated kimono textile patterns, and the balance of text and image across facing pages.
