Saneyori put sweets in front of the Oinomikado Gate of his residence Ononomiyadai and listened to the chats of Kyoto residents who gathered to eat them, in order to learn what was happening in society ("Kojidan").
実頼は小野宮第の大炊門前に菓子を置き、それを食べる京の民衆の雑談を聞いて世情を知った（『古事談』）。