After the turbulent age died down, the role of comforting lord's boredom also became to be emphasized, and townspeople who rose suddenly and became innovative power were also called to the lord's presence as otogishu and became new culture bearers at the time of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI.
戦乱の世が治まってからは、主君の無聊を慰める役割も重視され、豊臣秀吉の頃には、勃興した新勢力である町人らも召し出され新たな文化の担い手となった。