This structure mimicked the reclusive Choshoshi KINOSHITA's Laureate Hall (歌仙堂) in Eastern Kyoto where portraits of 36 Chinese historical eminent poets were drawn by Tanyu KANO and each 9 of the 36 portraits were hung on four walls of upstairs.
この時、洛東の隠者木下長嘯子の歌仙堂（三十六歌仙の肖像を掲げていた）に倣って、中国歴代の詩人を36人選んで三十六詩仙とし、狩野探幽に肖像を描かせて堂内2階の四方の小壁に9面ずつ掲げた。