The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Sakai Hōitsu (Japanese, 1761–1828)
Date: 1824
Medium: Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Overall with mounting: 11 5/8 × 27 ft. 1 13/16 in. (29.5 × 827.6 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession no.: 2015.300.94

Paulownias and Chrysanthemums
Sakai Hōitsu
early 1800s · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009500
Chrysanthemums by the Water
Sakai Hōitsu
1761–1828 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010357
Persimmon Tree
Sakai Hōitsu
1816 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00014184
Blossoming Cherry Trees
Sakai Hōitsu
ca. 1805 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00014404