There is no doubt that the anthology was compiled following the categorization used in Shoku Kokin Wakashu, although replacing poems on gods with ones on celebrating longevity, and putting the poems on gods at the end of the book modeled after Senzai Wakashu (Collection of Japanese Poems of a Thousand Years).
名義を継いだ続古今和歌集の部立から、神祇と賀歌を入れ替え、千載和歌集に倣い神祇を末に置いた他に相違はない。