The new style of poetry was called 'Danrin ha' (Danrin school), and Saikaku IHARA, who established ukiyo zoshi (popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period), joined the school with the renga poet Soin NISHIYAMA at the head of the list.
新風は「談林派」と呼ばれ、連歌師でもあった西山宗因を筆頭に、浮世草子を成立させた井原西鶴らが参画していた。