Many performers of theater such as sarugaku (comical mimicry and speech performance) claimed to be descendants of Kawakatsu, and Konparu-ryu school of No play is considered as a representative example.
猿楽などに従事した芸能の民にも河勝の裔を名乗る者は多く、代表的なものとしては金春流が挙げられる。