Their performance style was described as "samurai-fashioned," "simple," and "dynamic," and their style was adopted by daimyo (Japanese feudal lords) in many domains such as the Tsugaru Domain, the Sendai Domain, the Mito Domain, the Hikone Domain (the Ii family), the Kishu Domain, the Hiroshima Domain, the Matsuyama Domain, the Fukuoka Domain, and the Kumamoto Domain (the Hosokawa family).
武士気質で素朴かつ豪放な芸風で、大名（津軽藩、仙台藩、水戸藩、彦根藩（井伊氏）、紀州藩、広島藩、松山藩、福岡藩、熊本藩（細川氏）等）にも採用された。