Coplayers at this time included masters who became history makers including Yajiro Nagatoshi, otsuzumi (big drum) player Kuro Yoshiuji OKURA (originator of the Okura school of Otsuzumi and the Okura school of Kotsuzumi - small drum), Kotsuzumi player Chikakata MIYAMASU, and Nohkan flute player Hikobe.
この時の共演者には弥次郎長俊を始め、大鼓の大蔵九郎能氏（大鼓大倉流・小鼓大倉流の芸祖）、小鼓の宮増親賢、能管の彦兵衛など、歴史に名を遺した名人が連なっていた。