According to the records of utaawase (waka poetry contest) hosted by sekkanke (the families which produced the regent and the chief adviser to the emperor), it was the first utaawase since Sekkanke Tsukijusshu Utaawase was held by Sanetsune ICHIJO in 1275.
摂関家における歌合で記録に残るものでは、建治元年（1275年）の一条実経による摂政家月十首歌合以来のものであった。