Compared to the Kyogoku school, the Reizei school did not produce any poems worthy of mention in terms of poetic style, but they were esteemed by the major poetic school from which they broke off, the Nijo school, for the pedigree of their master family alone.
京極派に比べ、歌風としては特筆すべきものはないが、宗匠家の血統のみは、主流派の二条派からも尊ばれた。