This poetry collection was compiled in response to FUJIWARA no Teika's request around 1233, when he asked her to present some poems to select for the compilation of the "Shin chokusen wakashu" (New Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry) (Only two poems by Ukyo no Daibu were selected for the "Shin chokusen shu" but later, ten poems were selected in the "Gyokuyo Wakashu" (Collection of Jeweled Leaves)).
天福(日本)元年（1233年）頃、『新勅撰和歌集』撰進に際し藤原定家に選考歌の提出を求められ、詠歌を纏めたのがこの家集である（右京大夫の歌で『新勅撰集』に選ばれたのは二首に止まるが、のちの『玉葉和歌集』には十首採られた）。