During the early Edo period, storytelling events, being very similar to Kodan storytelling, were held in borrowed spaces in the premises of temples or shrines, which were the origin of yose.
寄席の起源は、一般的には江戸初期に神社や寺院の境内の一部を借りて、現在の講談に近い話を聞かせる催し物が開かれていたものである。