In the mid Edo period TSUYU no Gorobe I in Kyoto and Hikohachi YONEZAWA I in Osaka set up a stage wayside to perform comic stories of their own making for money.
江戸時代中期に、京都の露の五郎兵衛初代や大阪の米沢彦八初代が道端に舞台を設け、自作の噺を披露して銭を稼いだ。