The Settsu-Genji were for a time the only warriors active in the Heian capital (today's Kyoto) and had ample opportunity to serve the nobility in their daily affairs, spurring the warriors to begin excelling more and more at literature and at composing waka poetry.
摂津源氏は、もっぱら平安京で活動する武士であり、公家の日常に奉公する機会も多く、武はもとより文や和歌に長じた。