Although he was called as one of the thirty-six immortal poets, there is no waka poem that we can definitely say that it was composed by Sarumaru no Taifu (many support the view that waka poem of okuyama was not composed by Sarumaru Taifu).
三十六歌仙の一人と言われながら猿丸太夫作と断定出来る歌が一つもない（奥山も太夫作ではないとする説も多い）。