There was Sebaru village in Satsuma, and there were place names such as Tantado, Tsutsumigawa, and Todorokoji around there, and gakunin (players) who lived there started to sing the song.
薩摩に催馬楽村があり、その付近では都曇答蝋、鼓川、轟小路などの地名があり、ここに住んでいた楽人がうたいはじめた歌謡