Dengaku (a style of dancing and music performed in association with rice planting), which was created since the mid-Heian period, was performed mainly with tsuzumi (hand drums) and sho (鉦, gongs), but fue are seen in some picture scrolls.
平安中期以降の田楽は鼓や鉦を中心とするものであったが、絵巻物には笛も見られる。