The Danrin-ha, which disliked old-fashioned style of the Teimon-ha (the Teimon school) focusing on wordplay, enjoyed distinguishing characteristics of eccentric ideas and comparisons, as well as light and easy phrasing, by simplifying the rules,
談林派は、言語遊戯を主とする貞門の古風を嫌い、式目の簡略化をはかり、奇抜な着想・見立てと軽妙な言い回しを特色とした。