Initially, the kaomise performance, the first performance of the year, included a scene to introduce the zagashira (the leader of an actor troupe)-class actors in a contract with the theater to the audience, regardless of the story to be performed, and was called "omemie-danmari" (literally danmari for introducing actors).
当初は、筋に関係なく一年間の興行期間の最初の興行である顔見世で、劇場と契約した座頭級の役者を観客に紹介するための見せ場で、「お目見えだんまり」と呼ばれていた。