歌仙

かせん

Meanings

1. Noun great (waka) poet; immortal poet

Kanji

• 歌 song. Read as カ.
• 仙 hermit. Read as セン.

Words containing 歌仙

• 六歌仙 (ろっかせん) six immortals of poetry
• 三十六歌仙 (さんじゅうろっかせん) the thirty-six immortal poets (of the Heian period; as named by Fujiwara no Kintō)

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