When it was compiled, the title wasn't fixed, therefore, it was called by various nicknames such as 'Ogura-sanso Shikishi no Waka' and 'Saga-sanso Shikishi no Waka.'
成立当時まだ百人一首に一定の呼び名はなく、「小倉山荘色紙和歌」や「嵯峨山荘色紙和歌」などと称された。