As for public entertainment, court nobles enjoyed songs and ballads from former generations; saibara (genre of Heian-period Japanese court music - primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies), kagura-uta (songs to accompany kagura performances) and roei recitation of famous phrases from Chinese-style poem or waka.
芸能では、貴族層は前代以来の歌謡である催馬楽（さいばら）や神楽歌、漢詩や和歌の名句を吟ずる朗詠を楽しんだ。