The Satake version of the Thirty-six Master Poets is comprised of each of the poets, a group that includes Kakinomoto-no-Hitomaro, Kino-Tsurayuki, and others who lived from the time of the Man'yoshu on, accompanied by a brief biography and one of their poems. The scroll derives its name from the fact that it once belonged to the Satake family of Akita prefecture. Unfortunately, in Taisho 8 (1919), it was cut into sections; the separate portraits were remounted as hanging scrolls and found their way into various family collections. The painting in the Suntory Museum of Art is one of these scrolls. It depicts the figure of Minamoto-no-Shitago, cheek resting on his hand and holding a scepter, and deep in thought as he refines a poetic phrase. Next to him is brushed his poem to the full moon of mid-autumn: "Reckoning by the moon reflected on the surface of the water/Tonight marks the very middle of autumn!" The refinement of the words of the poem is echoed by the elegance of the calligraphy in which they are written.