Title: The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry as Kabuki Actors (Yakusha sanjūrokkasen) 役者三十六歌仙
Object type: Illustrated book
Date: 1835, first month (Tempō 6)
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1786–1864
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 10 1/16 × 7 5/16 in. (25.6 × 18.5 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Poetry, term: Men, term: Actors