There is a story of FUJIWARA no Kinto singing 'Sakurabito' of Saibara while rhythmically tapping a pillar with his fan at the Shishinden Hall (a hall for state ceremonies) around the prime season of the cherry blossoms, when O no Masasuke and others, who were stationed at the guard tower, came out to the garden and danced the Ha (the middle part) of 'Chikyu.'
紫宸殿の桜が盛りの頃に藤原公任が柱を扇で打ちながら催馬楽の「桜人」を歌ったところ、近衛陣の直所にいた多政資らが庭に出て「地久」の破を舞ったという話が残っている。