"Gyokuyo wakashu" was compiled in such a way as to prioritize the Jimyo-in line and the Kyogoku faction throughout, treating the Daikakuji line and the Nijo faction almost too coldly, including only a token amount their poems, with no more than 16 even for Tameuji NIJO.
こうして完成した『玉葉集』は、持明院統・京極派優先主義を貫き、大覚寺統・二条派の者に関しては過度なまでに冷遇し、二条為氏（16首）以下、形ばかりの入集である。