Kumadori was supposedly created after the first generation Danjuro ICHIKAWA took a hint from dolls of Joruri (dramatic narrative chanted to a samisen accompaniment), and painted in order to stress the blood vessels and muscles of face, and Kumadori and color differed depending on the role.
隈取は初代の市川団十郎が浄瑠璃の人形にヒントを得て創作したものといわれ、顔の血管や筋肉を誇張するために描かれたもので、役柄により、施される隈取や色が異なる。