At this time, Zeami and Motomasa started to stray away from creative activities and were suppressed by Zoami of dengaku (a style of dancing and music performed in association with rice planting) and they began to lose favor from the shogunke (Shogun family).
しかしこの頃世阿弥父子はその創作活動の充実と反比例するように、田楽の増阿弥などに圧され、将軍家の寵を失いつつあった。