六ろっ歌か仙せん

noun

six immortals of poetry

Refers to six notable Heian-period poets (Ariwara no Narihira, Ono no Komachi, Henjō, Kisen, Ōtomo no Kuronushi, and Fun'ya no Yasuhide) whose works were included in the Kokin Wakashū. A historical and literary term.

• 六ろっ歌か仙せんは古こ今きん和わ歌か集しゅうの序じょ文ぶんで選えらばれた六ろく人にんの歌か人じんです。

  The Rokkasen are six poets selected in the preface of the Kokin Wakashū.