In the beginning, tegoto was a rather simple form of music; gradually it became longer and more complex, and it took a complete form around the eighteenth century as the result of enhancement by people like Koto (the third title of the official ranks within the Todo-za (the traditional guild for the blind)) MINEZAKI in Osaka.
手事は、はじめのうちは音楽的にはわりと単純なものであったが、次第に長大、複雑なものとなり、18世紀後期、大阪の峰崎勾当らにより高められ、手事物が完成された。