In and after the Edo period, from the meaning of it, it became not to be performed in public out of consideration for the bakufu, and was passed down for generations by 'Entsu-in Temple' in Matsushima-cho, Miyagi Prefecture.
江戸時代以降は、そのいわれから幕府に遠慮して公には行われなくなり、宮城県松島町の「円通院」に代々伝承された。