The Saiin procession on that occasion was so magnificent and attractive that Sei Shonagon wrote the proceedings of the festival in her book, "Makura no soshi" (The Pillow Book), and Murasaki Shikibu also described it in the famous scene of the Carriage Incident in the chapter about 'Aoi' in the "Tale of Genji."
この時の斎院の華麗な行列はとりわけ人気が高く、清少納言が『枕草子』で祭見物の様子を書き留めており、また紫式部も『源氏物語』「葵(源氏物語)」の巻で名高い車争いの舞台として描いている。