There are four versions of the text in the surviving manuscripts, which are referred to as kō, otsu, hei and tei (甲乙丙丁).
[1] The kō text, the earliest, was probably compiled by Kojijū herself in the summer or autumn of 1181, in response to a request from Kamo no Shigeyasu (賀茂重保).
[2] The first group (1) consists of the textual line of theKatsuranomiya-bon, a manuscript held by the Archives and Mausolea Department of the Imperial Household Agency, forming the kō text.
[2] The second group consists of the textual lines of the manuscript held by the Sonkei-kaku Archives [ja] (2-a), forming the otsu text, and the manuscript held by the Gunsho Ruijū (2-b), forming the hei text.
[2] The popular (rufubon) form of the text is 2-a,[2] and this is the one that was used as a source by compilers of imperial anthologies from the Senzai Wakashū on.