Emperor Sakuramachi and Kaneyoshi ICHIJO together revived Imperial court events that had died out, starting with the Daijo-sai festival, followed by the Niiname-sai festival (ceremonial offering by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice to the deities) in 1740, and the Hoheishi (imperial messenger) to Usa-jingu Shrine and Kashii-gu Shrine in 1744, the start of the traditional Chinese sixty-year cycle.
桜町天皇と一条兼香のコンビは先の大嘗祭復活に続いて、元文5年（1740年）に新嘗祭復活、次いで延享元年（1744年）の甲子改元時における宇佐神宮・香椎宮への奉幣使復活など、廃絶していた朝廷行事の再興を実現する。