Amongst them, ARIWARA no Narihira and ONO no Komachi are especially famous, and KI no Tsurayuki, one of the selectors of "Kokin Wakashu" (compiled in about 913), gave them a nickname 'Rokkasen.'
選者の紀貫之が六歌仙と呼んだ、在原業平や小野小町などが代表的な歌人である。