A large number of the occupational branch families that had been suffering from poverty joined the Azuma Nohkyogen (blending play of Nohgaku and Kabuki [traditional drama performed by male actors], disappearing in around 1881) only to fail.
困窮した職分は大挙して吾妻能狂言（能楽と歌舞伎の折衷演劇。明治14年頃に消滅）に参加、失敗に終わった。