The "Nanpo roku" (Southern Record) that determined the notion of modern 'wabicha' (wabi style of tea ceremony) stated the poem of FUJIWARA no Teika (Sadaie), "there are no flowers or autumn leaves around, but heart moves with sadness when viewing small cottage bathed in autumn sunset," as the heart of 'wabi' (an aesthetic ideal that finds surpassing beauty and deep significance in what is humble or commonplace and appears natural or artless) of Joo.
現代の「わび茶」の概念を決定付けている『南方録』では「みわたせば　花ももみじも　なかりけり　うらのとまやの　秋の夕暮れ」という藤原定家の歌を紹鴎の「わび」の心であるとしている。