Soin NISHIYAMA, who also wrote Renga (linked verse), Saikaku IHARA, who also wrote Ukiyo Zoshi (stories of the floating world), Takamasa SUGANOYA of Kyo (Kyoto), Shoi TASHIRO of Edo and others actively participated.
連歌師でもあった西山宗因のほか、浮世草子作者でもある井原西鶴、京の菅野谷高政、江戸の田代松意らが活躍した。