Japanese woman behind a screen The poetess Saigu no Nyogo. From a work containing pictures of 36 famous Japanese poetesses. Image taken from Nyobo San

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Japanese woman behind a screen The poetess Saigu no Nyogo. From a work containing pictures of 36 famous Japanese poetesses. Image taken from Nyobo Sanjurokkasen ('The 36 Poetesses'). Originally published in Edo 1798. Illustrated by Eishi Chobunsai.

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Keywords: 36, chobunsai, eishi, female, historical, history, japanese, nyobo, poetesses, sanjurokkasen, woman