Matsubayashi Onoh' (Noh - a Japanese drama and dance performance to cerebrate the new year), a significant intangible folk cultural asset performed in fall for an annual celebration at the Kikuchi-jinja Shrine located in Kikuchi City, has been well preserved as it is from the Muromachi period; as the 'Matsubayashi Onoh' has a part common to the Matsubayashi that has been passed down by Noh kanze-ryu school, it is believed that there is a strong relationship there between.
菊池市の菊池神社の秋の例祭でとりおこなわれる重要無形民俗文化財の「松囃子御能」は、室町時代の形態が良く保存されており、能観世流に伝わる松囃子と共通する部分があって深い関連が考えられている。