Kyomai developed as the result of integration of kamigata mai dances, which have long been performed since the Edo period, with some elements of shimai (Noh dance in plain clothes) incorporated; currently, only the style of the Inoue school is regarded as the Kyomai style.
江戸期よりつたわる上方舞を集大成し、これに能の仕舞を加味して形成された独特の舞が「京舞」であり、現在、京舞の流儀は井上流一流のみである。