On the other hand, Masatsune closely served the Emperor Gotoba and compiled "Shinkokin Wakashu" (New Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poetry) with FUJIWARA no Teika and others to tender it to the emperor, and thus he built the foundation of the family as the grand masters of waka and kemari.
一方で雅経は後鳥羽天皇に近侍し藤原定家などとともに「新古今和歌集｣を撰進し、和歌と蹴鞠の師範の家としての基礎を築いた。