At that time, Roei (recitation), which was to recite excellent poems and waka selecting ones most appropriate to various occasions public or private including tanka parties, was highly prized as it warm up the parties.
往時、朗詠は詩会のほかにも公私のさまざまの場で、その場所々でもっともふさわしい秀句や名歌を選んで朗誦し、その場を盛り上げるものとして尊重されていた。