It is not onnagata but dokekata (a clown) (and present tachiyaku [a leading male-role actor] that absorbed dokekata is also included) that take charge of the female clown roles (example; maid servant, rin of "Kanadehon Chushingura" [The Treasury of Loyal Retainers], tofu buyer of "Imose-yama Onna Teikin"), which are rare roles of hayaku (unimportant role).
端役のなかにまれ見られる女の道化役（『仮名手本忠臣蔵』の下女りん、『妹背山婦女庭訓』の豆腐買など）は、女形ではなく、道外方（およびそれを吸収した現在の立役）の職掌である。