(According to Beicho's opinion,) similarly as narrowly defined Ninjo-banashi, their stage is in the world of townspeople, and features love between parents and children, love among a couple, humanity of a typical person from Edo or Naniwa, tragic love between different classes, and other sentimental things.
題材は（米朝見解による）狭義の人情噺同様、町人の世界を舞台にするが、親子愛、夫婦の情愛、江戸っ子ないしは浪花っ子の人情、身分違いの悲恋など情に訴えるものを扱う。