Under such circumstances, Kanami of Yusakiza, a troupe of Yamato sarugaku, introduced melodious 'kusemai' (music and dance with a fan along with a tsuzumi, a Japanese traditional hand drum) (the art of shirabyoshi - a woman who performs Japanese traditional dance called shirabyoshi) and innovated traditional sarugaku.
そのような状況のなか、大和猿楽の一座である結崎座より観阿弥（觀阿彌）が現れ、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。