Go-Toba-in admired FUJIWARA no Sadaie's (Teika) style of poetry writing, the latter being the main person of the Kujo Family in the world of tanka poetry; the tanka circle, being similar to 新儀非拠達磨歌 at that time, was the stylistic manner of praising something and criticizing at the same time.
院は当初から、当時新儀非拠達磨歌と毀誉褒貶相半ばしていた九条家歌壇、ことにその中心人物であった藤原定家の歌風につよい憧れを持っていた。