Waka in this style, which treasured expression of true feelings as well as a delicate sensibility, were able to inject new freshness into the stagnant poetry circles of the late Kamakura period, but suffered severe castigation from the Nijo school for their eccentric and unconventional expressions.
実感を尊び繊細な感覚的表現による歌は鎌倉時代末期の沈滞していた当時の歌壇に新鮮味を与えたが、その奇抜で型破りな表現によって二条派からつよい非難を浴びることになった。