Kokinshu poets figured prominently also in Gosenwakashu, which includes eighty-one poems by KI no Tsurayuki, seventy-two by Ise (a poet), and twenty-four by FUJIWARA no Kanesuke, partially because no more than forty years had passed since the compilation of "Kokinshu."
『古今集』撰進から四十余年しか経っていないこともあり、紀貫之（81首）・伊勢(歌人)（72首）・藤原兼輔（24首）ら、古今時代の歌人が再び主役を演じた。