Some were bighearted poems in the Manyo style, and some were written in the elegant Shin Kokin style, although there was a strong tendency toward a simple and antique style as a whole.
鷹揚な万葉調の歌もあれば、華麗な新古今調もあるが、全体から見ればやはり平淡にして古風な傾向が強い。