Around the same time at Shijo Gawara in Kyoto, TSUYU no Gorobei (the first) was busily engaged in rakugo, and he sometimes performed in front of the imperial princesses of Emperor Gomizunoo.
同時期に京都では露の五郎兵衛が四条河原で活躍し、後水尾天皇の皇女の御前で演じることもあった。