In addition, those who were under the patronage of kuge (court nobles) or samurai families developed into Noh (traditional Japanese masked dance-drama) and Kyogen (farce played during a Noh play cycle), and sarugaku became the generic term for noh and kyogen.
また公家や武家に庇護されたものは、能や狂言にまで昇華し、ゆえに猿楽は能と狂言の総称でもある。