Seeing the players, however, hayashikata (people who play hayashi, or provide musical accompaniment) were fewer compared to Kanjin Noh in 1530 during the glory days, and some people point out that the Kanze-za was showing a decline.
しかしこの頃の出演者を見ると、囃子方が全盛期というべき享禄3年（1530年）の勧進能に比して手薄で、観世座の座勢に陰りが見えていたとする指摘がある。