From the Kansei to the Bunka era, the following storytellers were popular: Shibaso SHIBAYA who had composed joruri (dramatic narratives chanted to shamisen accompaniment) before he became a teller of comic stories as well as Yasuke MATSUDA who, moving from Kyoto to Osaka, performed comic stories in shrines and temples such as Mitama-jinja Shrine.
寛政から文化(元号)にかけては浄瑠璃作家から転じた芝屋芝艘や、京都から大阪へ下って御霊などの社地で噺を演じた松田彌助が台頭。