In the time of Tameyo NIJO, Tameuji NIJO's son, and of Tamekane KYOGOKU, son of Tamenori KYOGOKU, the Nijo school of poetry allied itself with the Daikakuji imperial lineage (which later became the Southern Court) and began adhering to its conservative family (poetic) traditions; the Kyogoku school, however, forged ties to the Jimyoin imperial lineage (which was later to become the Northern Court), and developed an extraordinarily new, fresh poetic style.
二条為氏の子二条為世、京極為教の子京極為兼の代になると、二条派は大覚寺統（のちの南朝）と結んで保守的な家風を墨守し、京極派は持明院統（のちの北朝）と結んで破格・清新な歌風を唱えた。