The style of "Kokin Wakashu" subsequently became a school of waka which was passed down to the succeeding generations being referred to as Kokin denju (the secret transmissions of the "Kokinshu," Anthology of Old and New Japanese Poems).
『古今和歌集』の歌風は後に伝承化され古今伝授（こきんでんじゅ）と称されるようになった。