Dengaku (ritual music and dancing performed in association with rice planting) was frequently selected for the program of a kanjin-Noh performance, and "Taiheiki" (The Record of the Great Peace) also described successful kanjin-Noh performances based on Dengaku.
当初は田楽のものが盛んで、『太平記』にも田楽の勧進能が盛況を示した様子が記されている。