It introduced surprising plays such as "kusemai (literally "Music Dance")" (Shirabyoshi-no-gei), etc to the melody and this brought about a big reformation to traditional Sarugaku.
旋律にとんだ「曲舞（くせまい）」（白拍子の芸）などを導入して従来の猿楽に大きな革新をもたらした。