Other contemporary poets were Shune, the Buddhist priest Eni (also known as Saigyo), Taikenmonin Horikawa and Imperial Princess Shikishi, while the dynastic poets who had composed prominent poems were Izumi Shikibu, Murasaki Shikibu, OE no Masafusa and FUJIWARA no Kinto.
他に当代歌人では俊恵・円位法師（西行）・待賢門院堀河・式子内親王、王朝歌人では和泉式部・紫式部・大江匡房・藤原公任などが目立つ。