It also took a policy of placing emphasis on contemporary works, so although famous medieval poets like FUJIWARA no Teika, FUJIWARA no Shunzei, Saigyo, and FUJIWARA no Tameie had over fifty poems included, among the 180 poets in the collection, 113 appeared for the first time, over half of which were women, a rather large number for the time.
また当代重視方針を取り、藤原定家・藤原俊成・西行・藤原為家ら中世初期の著名歌人も50首以上採られているが、入集を果たした180人のうち、113人は勅撰集初出で、中でも女流の占める比重が過半数と大きい。