歌か仙せん

noun

great waka poet; immortal poet

Refers to an exceptionally skilled poet of classical waka (31-syllable Japanese poetry), often used in historical or literary contexts.

• 三さん十じゅう六ろっ歌か仙せんは、平へい安あん時じ代だいの優すぐれた歌か人じんたちを指さす。

  The Thirty-Six Immortal Poets refers to outstanding waka poets of the Heian period.