Performed as a tachi-kata (as opposed to the musicians in noh plays) of "Kinri" (the Imperial Palace) Noh through the ages, it is commonly called 'Kyoto shoshidai [The Kyoto deputy or The Kyoto Commissioner] of Kanze school.'
古くから禁裏能の立方として活躍し、「観世流の京都所司代（京都探題）」などと俗称される。