When Michinaga's daughter, FUJIWARA no Akiko, was wedded to the emperor in 999, Michinaga had a folding screen of four shaku (approximately 120 cm) wide created as a bridal gift, which was designed in such a way that Japanese waka poems, collected from well-known high court officials at the time and selected by FUJIWARA no Kinto, would be written onto it by a famous calligrapher, FUJIWARA no Yukinari.
長保元年（999年）道長の娘の藤原彰子が入内することになり、その調度品のひとつとして四尺の屏風をつくらせ、それは当時の公卿名士たちから和歌を募り、藤原公任が選首となり、書家の藤原行成に筆を入れさせる趣向であった。