It can be imagined that there were instances of collaborative performances between the shakuhachi and koto or shamisen even during the Edo period, however, it was not until after the abolition of Fuke sect that shakuhachi went out of hands of Fuke sect and the ensemble was permitted.
江戸時代にも尺八と箏や三味線の合奏は行われていたと考えられるが、尺八が普化宗の手から離れ合奏が解禁となったのは普化宗廃止後のことである。