In terms of editing the above, according to the record written in "Meigetsu-ki" and others, Go-Toba-in was deeply involved in choosing poems or constructing the layout of the poems, so it would not be an exaggeration to state that he was one of the actual editors.
同集の編集にあたっては、『明月記』そのほかの記録から、院自身が撰歌、配列などに深く関与し、実質的に後鳥羽院が撰者の一人であったとも言っても決して過言ではない。