Sarugaku (form of theater popular in Japan during the eleventh to fourteenth centuries), Kyogen (farce played during a Noh play cycle), and Renga (linked verse) became popular in both urban and rural areas; tea drinking customs also spread in the form of Chanoyu (the tea ceremony).
猿楽・狂言・連歌などは都市・農村問わず愛好され、喫茶の風習も茶の湯として広がった。