Toshinari selected poems putting a high value on a refined style and delineation of feelings, so the anthology is characterized by 'subtle and profound' beauty and poetic devices such as honkadori (adaptation of a famous poem).
選歌の方針は格調と抒情性を重んじ、俊成が唱えた「幽玄」の心や、本歌取りなどの技巧を特色とする。