 Literati, artists, writers, and kabuki actors would gather to drink, relax, and share poetry; haiku competitions and renga chain collaborations were common forms of entertainment at these meetings, and the poems would often come to be included in "surimono" depicting the actor who composed them (or a poem could be composed for an actor).Sometimes the calligraphy on the print would even be done by the actor himself.These styles and motifs, combining actors with poetry and calligraphy, were used not only for the privately commissioned "surimono", but also for woodblock printed books.