Once these people performed renga (early Japanese poetry form) they would sit in circle in a shukushitsu (main guest room) and recite poetry without concern even for those with low social status.
この人たちは、ひとたび、連歌を張行する、となると、主室で車座になり、身分の低いものでも気兼ねなく歌をよむのだった。