It is true that this ushered in a new phase among poetry circles, but FUJIWARA no Toshinari later criticized that many of the poems lacked a refined style or contained too many 'jokes.'
これが当時の歌壇に新風を吹き入れたのは確かだが、のち藤原俊成に批判される通り、「戯（ざ）れの様」が過ぎて格調を欠く歌もあった。