The following famous poem of Nakamaro's was selected as a poem for Hyakunin Isshu (one hundred waka poems by one hundred poets); 'On the horizon—isn't that the same moon that rises in spring over the Hill of Mikasa?'
有名な「天の原ふりさけみれば春日なる三笠の山にいでし月かも」は、百人一首にも選ばれている。