In the party, the participants, mainly Kugyo recited waka (a traditional Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables) related to traditions and anecdotes described in the "Nihonshoki" to the accompaniment of wagon (Japanese harp) played by Oouta no mikotoshi.
公卿らを中心に『日本書紀』の故事・逸話に因んだ和歌（「日本紀竟宴和歌」）を詠み、大歌御琴師がそれに合わせて和琴を奏でた。