It can be said that an ideal life at Bunbo for Bunjin was to devote himself to the appreciation of old calligraphic works and paintings, making black ink, making a poem and having seidan (noble conversations) with friends over drinks.
文房で古書画の鑑賞に浸り、墨を擦り、詩を詠じ、友と酒を酌み交わして清談に耽ることが文人の理想的な文房生活といえる。