After the Genpei War, with an order from Goshirakawain, FUJIWARA no Toshinari compiled the "Senzai Wakashu" (Collection of Japanese Poems of a Thousand Years) and presented it to the retired emperor, and this brought waka poetry of the late Heian period to a culminate.
源平の争乱の後、後白河院の命で藤原俊成が『千載和歌集』を撰進し、平安時代末期の和歌を一つの高みに導いた。