The Hosho-za worked for shrines and temples on Mt. Tonomine, the Kasuga Taisha Shrine (at Wakamiyamatsuri Festival), and Kofuku-ji Temple (at Takigi-Sarugaku, an outdoor sarugaku play performed during the night), and every generation of Tayu HOSHO served the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
宝生座は多武峰や春日大社（若宮祭）、興福寺（薪猿楽）に参勤し、代々の宝生太夫は室町幕府に仕えた。