Kageki found his ideal style of poetry in 'Kokin Wakashu' (A Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poetry) and admired KI no Tsurayuki as Kasei (great poet), so he compiled this anthology by himself to put his ideal into practice.
景樹は「古今和歌集」の歌風を理想とし、紀貫之を歌聖と仰ぎ、それを実践するためにこの歌集を自ら撰集した。