In the death article of Sanesada TOKUDAIJI in 1191, it was written that Kagetoki and his brother Tomokage KAJIWARA had learned waka from Sanesada; the Kajiwara clan had an interaction with the Tokudaiji family which produced many great Japanese poets, and learned waka from them.
建久2年（1191年）の徳大寺実定の死去の記事に景時と弟の梶原朝景が実定から学んだとの記述があり、梶原氏は優れた歌人を輩出した徳大寺家と交流を持ち和歌を学んでいた。