These performing arts, which were more or less characterized by the concept of harmony or "Ichimi doshin" (working together with one mind), reflected the ordinary lives of the warrior class at the time, and were perfectly fit for the everyday life of people in So (a community consisting of peasants' self-governing association) as well as of urban citizens.
これらはいずれも多かれ少なかれ団らん的な、あるいは「一味同心」的な性格をもつ芸能・芸道であったが、当時の武士の日常に対応したものであり、惣における庶民の日々の生活、さらに都市民の生活にも合致したものであった。