Onnagata acts the roles of princesses examplified by `three princesses' (Princess Yaegaki, Yukihime, Tokihime), oiran, a young girl, a married woman, or a maid working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo.
女形が演じるのは「三姫」（八重垣姫、雪姫、時姫）に代表される姫君や花魁や若い娘や人妻、奥女中などである。