Despite difficult wartime conditions in which many theaters and shibaijaya (restaurant attached to a theater) were closed, kabuki centered on the big three achieved wide-spread popularity in Kansai.
戦時下、劇場の閉鎖や芝居茶屋の廃業などのきびしい状況にもかかわらず、三巨頭を中心に歌舞伎は関西のファンの人気を集めた。