It was originally compiled as poems attached to paintings on folding screen offered when FUJIWARA no Ishi, a daughter of FUJIWARA no Michinaga, entered into court, and was later presented as a wedding gift at the wedding of the daughter of Kinto and FUJIWARA no Norimichi.
もともとは藤原道長の娘藤原威子入内の際に贈り物の屏風絵に添える歌として編纂され、のちに公任の娘と藤原教通の結婚の際に祝いの引き出物として贈られた。