While KAMO no Mabuchi (1679-1769) and the others emphasized the "Manyoshu" (the oldest anthology of Japanese poetry), Kageki and his group preferred "Kokin Wakashu" (A Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poetry), and their poems were popular mainly in the Kinai region (provinces surrounding Kyoto and Nara).
賀茂真淵（1679年-1769年）らが「万葉集」尊重を主張したのに対し、景樹らは「古今和歌集」を尊重することを主張し、京阪神（畿内）地域を中心に流行した。