Waka of the Thirty-six Immortal Poets were discretely written in a gorgeous book with various ryoshi decorations such as yaburitsugi (a Heian-style collage technique used to decorate poetry sheets), kirihaku (decorative metal pattern on sculptures or paintings), fine powder in gold and silver, suminagashi (a marbleized pattern produced by dropping black ink on damp paper; frequently used during the Heian period on poetry sheets) and so on.
破り継ぎ、金銀の切箔・砂子、墨流しなどさまざまな料紙装飾を施した華麗な冊子に三十六歌仙の和歌を散らし書きにしたものである。