On the occasion of Gion-e in 1378, Zeami attended the box of Shogun Yoshimitsu and he was criticized by Kuge ('Gogumaiki,' the journal of Kintada SANJO).
1378年の祇園会では将軍義満の桟敷に世阿弥が近侍し、公家の批判をあびている（「後愚昧記」）。