The first Minoru UMEWAKA and the fifth Tetsunojo KANZE of Kanze-ryu school continued to observe sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries), which corresponds to Nohgaku Theater at present, in Edo or Tokyo for this period.
この時期に江戸・東京で猿楽（現在で言う能楽）を守り続けたのが観世流では初世梅若実と五世観世鐵之丞であった。