According to "Ryojin Hisho Kuden shu" (collection of Japanese poetry that has thirty volumes of poetry and ten volumes of orally transmitted tales), it is said the Emperor gathered some people to sing his songs to an audience when he was around ten years old.
『梁塵秘抄口伝集』に十余歳の時から、人を大勢集めて今様を歌ったことが記されている。