From this aspect, it can be said that Matsubayashi is a kind of 'Kadotsuke' whereby performers play music in front of the gate of a house and are given money, or a kind of 'taste' of medieval performing arts, which is the origin of nenbutsu odori (dance while others say nenbutsu - Buddhist prayer) and shishimai Lion dance.
松囃子はその様相から、人家の門前で音曲を奏し金品を貰う「門付け」や、念仏踊りや獅子舞の起源である中世芸能の「風流」の一種とも言える。