When the Wakasho Agency was established, 11 Yoryudo (clerks), including the anthologists, and the kaigo (post) MINAMOTO no Ienaga, were chosen, and the ex-emperor Gotobain was deeply involved in the work, such as in choosing poems.
和歌所設置に際し、撰者を含む十一名の寄人と開闔源家長が任命され、後鳥羽院自身も歌を親選したりして深く関わった。