Until a certain period after World War II, Bunraku practitioners had a strong tendency to look down upon Takemoto and inclined to consider that their appearance in Kabuki was a 'disgrace.'
戦後のある時期までは、文楽の側に竹本を低く見る意識がつよく、歌舞伎に出ることは義太夫にとって「身をおとす」という意識がつよかった。