From the mid Edo period onward, they were divided into two parts: the first part (where jidai or period kyogen was performed) and the second part (where sewa or sentimental kyogen was performed), which was structured to return to a period kyogen at the end.
中期以後の江戸では一番目（時代狂言）と二番目（世話狂言）に分かれ、二番目も終わりには時代狂言に戻る仕組みであった。