In general, however, it should be noted that by the welfare system for the blind, the development of music and the medicine of acupuncture and moxibustion in the Edo period was advanced, including the formation and development of shamisen music, modern koto music and Chinese fiddle as well as the establishment of the acupuncture needle tube method.
しかし総じて、このような盲人への保護政策により三味線音楽や近世箏曲、胡弓楽の成立発展、管鍼法の確立など、江戸時代の音楽や鍼灸医学の発展が促進されたことは重要である。