Especially, heikyoku which had been the typical profession in todoza since the Kamakura period became less popular among the blind, but the popularity subsided in the Edo period and instead the blind specialized in jiuta and so music was more common.
特に平曲は鎌倉時代以来、当道座の表芸であったが、江戸時代には次第に沈静化し、代わって地歌、箏曲を専門とする者が一般化した。