Kashu (personal collection of poetry) includes "Sankashu" (The first volume of the six Kashu), "Sankashinchushu" (selected by Saigyo) and "Kikigakishu," whereas, the narrative collections compiling his anecdotes and legends includes "Senjusho" and "The Tales of Saigyo" and the author of "Senjusho" is assumed to be Saigyo himself.
家集に『山家集』（六家集の一）『山家心中集』（自撰）『聞書集』、その逸話や伝説を集めた説話集に『撰集抄』『西行物語』があり、『撰集抄』については作者に擬せられている。