And in Satake's famous volume, the handscroll showing the portraits of the 36 Immortal Poets, which is the oldest surviving work depicting them, among the vast majority of the figures shown seated in sokutai (ceremonial court robes) and sumptuous twelve-layered kimonos, one, Queen Kishi, is shown in a more relaxed posture, in uchiki-sugata (informal dress), modestly hiding her face from view; she is painted beautifully, with vivid colors, and her appearance reflects a truly regal quality, secluded there deep in her inner rooms.
現存最古の作品として名高い佐竹本三十六歌仙絵巻でも、束帯や華麗な十二単の正装に居住まいを正す歌仙が大半を占める中で、一人くつろいだ袿姿で慎ましく顔を伏せた斎宮女御は、いかにも深窓の姫君らしい気品漂う姿が華やかな色彩で美しく描かれている。