In 969, he held "Shoshikai" (Arihira's party of "kanshi" [Chinese poetry]) in his own Awata-sanso Villa, and the Chinese poems composed at that time are seen in "Awata Safu Shoshikai shi" (Poems Composed at Shoshikai of Awata no Safu), which are included in "Gunsho ruiju" (A Classified Collection of the Japanese Classics).
安和2年（969年）には自ら所有する粟田山荘にて尚歯会を開催し、その際に詠まれた漢詩が『粟田左府尚歯会詩』（『群書類従』所収）に残されている。