The features of Gosyodoki are that things often appeared in dynastic style literature including "Tale of Genji" or Noh such as an ox-drawn coach, a fan, a fence are laid out in seasonal flowers that are delicately described in detail.
四季の草花を細かく密に表し、その間に御所車や扇、垣など『源氏物語』等の王朝文学や能に頻出する事物を配するのが特徴。