Although Gyokuyo wakashu was an extraordinary work that ushered in a new phase in the world of waka, which had reached a dead end with the Shinkokinshu, it was followed only by "Fuga waka shu" (Collection of Elegance) and was long regarded as heretical because the conservative Nijo faction led waka circles for many centuries.
玉葉集は、新古今で行き詰まった和歌の世界へ新風を吹きいれた非凡な作品であるにもかかわらず、僅かに『風雅和歌集』という後継者を得ただけで、その後何世紀にも渡って歌壇を保守的な二条派が主導したため、長らく異端視され続けた。