This is a small-scale contest containing only twenty-six poems. It was held on the 7th day of the Seventh Month, Engi 16 [8.8.916] (Hagitani 1957, 205), when the kōshin rite fell on that day, meaning that those participating had to stay up throughout the night. As the name of the contest suggests, the poets were courtiers in the service of former Emperor Uda, although their names have not been recorded; nor has the identity of the judge, but given the context, it seems likely that this will have been Uda himself. The 7th day of the Seventh Month was when Tanabata, the meeting between the celestial lovers, the Weaver Maid and the Herd Boy, was celebrated, and so it is unsurprising that the topic set for the match was ‘feelings after meeting at Tanabata’.