This was a personal collection of poetry in the Heian Period, but it was also a narrative travel diary because it started with 30 poems on the journey to Kumano and ended with 50 poems of the diary in Totomi Province.
平安期の私家集であるが、巻頭に30首の熊野紀行、巻末に50首の遠江国日記を据えていることから、紀行文としての趣も持つ。