In the latter half of the seventeenth century, Buzaemon SHIKANO from Osaka began 'Zashiki Shikata Hanashi' (theatrical comic storytelling performed inside a house) at playhouses and bathhouses within Edo.
17世紀後半になると、江戸の町では大坂出身の鹿野武左衛門が芝居小屋や風呂屋で「座敷仕方咄」を始めた。