Following the example of "Kokinwakashu" (Collection of Japanese Poetry, Old and New), it is in twenty books and the arrangement of the poems is as follows; three books are devoted to spring poems; one to summer poems; three to autumn poems; one to winter poems; six to love poems; four to miscellaneous poems; one to parting poems including travel poems; one to congratulatory poems including lamenting poems, and the total number of the poems is 1425.
体裁は『古今和歌集』に倣い、春（上・中・下）、夏、秋（上・中・下）、冬、恋（六巻）、雑（四巻）、離別（附　羇旅）、賀歌（附　哀傷）の二十巻からなり、総歌数は1425首。