Because details about the completion of the "Manyoshu" are still unknown, there are various views as to who the editor was, including suggestions that it was a compilation made by imperial command, TACHIBANA no Moroe, or OTOMO no Yakamochi; at present, OTOMO no Yakamochi is considered the most probable editor.
『万葉集』の成立に関しては詳しくは判っておらず、勅撰説、橘諸兄説、大伴家持説など、古来種々の説があるが、現在では家持説が最有力である。