It is said that, of all the yose described above, yose in a strict sense are limited to only four theaters--the Suzumoto Engeijo theater, the Shinjuku Suehirotei theater, the Asakusa Engei Hall and the Ikebukuro Engeijo theater--excluding the National Engei Hall and other theaters in most cases.
なお、狭義の寄席は上記落語寄席のなかでも、東京の鈴本演芸場、新宿末廣亭、浅草演芸ホール、池袋演芸場の四席のみとされ、国立演芸場などは含めないケースが多い。