Before, danmari was played in Jidaimono (historical dramas), it also was played in sewamono (plays dealing with the lives of ordinary people) by Nanboku TSURUYA IV (the fourth).
また従前は時代物のみにあっただんまりが、鶴屋南北(4代目)によって世話物の演目にも取り入られるようになった。