The Nijo and Kyogoku schools developed a relationship of vehement mutual antagonism, their respective members frequently squabbling over the prestige of being selected as compiler of the imperial waka anthologies; the Nijo school managed to achieve a near-monopoly with the exceptions of the 'Gyokuyo wakashu' (the Jeweled Leaves Collection), the 'Fuga wakashu' (Collected Elegant Verse), and the 'Shinshoku kokin wakashu' (New Collected Waka from Ancient and Modern Times, Continued).
二条派と京極派は互いに激しく対立して勅撰和歌集の撰者の地位を争い、二条派は「玉葉和歌集」「風雅和歌集」「新続古今和歌集」以外の勅撰和歌集を独占した。