(At that time, waki also acted as jigashira [the leader of the group reciters], so both waki-kata and shite-kata often played a part of jiutai [Noh chorus]; therefore, shite-kata and waki-kata also existed among su-utai teachers and especially, waki-kata were influential in Kyoto.)
（当時はワキが地頭を兼ねたため、地謡はワキ方とシテ方両方が担当することが多かった。このため素謡教授にもシテ方・ワキ方が並立し、特に京都ではワキ方の勢力がつよかった。）