Thirty Six Women Poetic Geniuses
- See also: Six Poetic Geniuses, Thirty Six Poetic Geniuses, Thirty-Six Poetic Geniuses of the Late Classical Period

Thirty Six Women Poetic Geniuses
The Thirty Six Women Poetic Geniuses (Nyōbō Sanjūrokkasen 女房三十六歌仙) was a list of female poets compiled by Fujiwara no Norikane inside a compilation known as the Poetry Tournament of Thirty-Six Women Poetic Geniuses (Nyōbō Sanjūrokunin uta-wase). This list was compiled in the Kamakura Period.1
Below is a list of the current poets from the list that we have on our website. This will increase over time.
Footnotes
1. MacMillan, P. (2018) ”One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse”. St. Ives: Penguin Classics.