During the Edo Period, because the successive generations of shoguns such as Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, Hidetada TOKUGAWA, Iemitsu TOKUGAWA, all liked Noh, Sarugaku came to have a significant meaning as a cultural capital of the community of samurai.
江戸期には徳川家康や徳川秀忠、徳川家光など歴代の将軍が能を好んだ為、猿楽は武家社会の文化資本として大きな意味合いを持つようになった。