Some Sarugaku actors were assimilated and incorporated into Yamato Sarugaku (Sarugaku in Yamato Province) and became the bearers of the Shikigaku (the ceremonial art) of the Samurai, or warrior, society in the Edo Period.
大和猿楽に吸収・統合されて江戸期の武家社会の式楽の担い手となっていった猿楽の役者たちがいた。