As the kanajo says of this poem, alongside the poem of Mt. Asaka, 'people who practice writing with a brush will start from this,' it was a poem traditionally used by those starting the study of calligraphy.
仮名序で安積山の歌と並んで「手習ふ人のはじめにもしける」と言われたように、古来書道の初学としても用いられた。