However, each instrument established and kept music of its own, Jiuta for shamisen, Sokyoku for koto, and Kokyu-gaku for kokyu, although their performers overlapped with one another.
しかし演奏者は同じでも本来、三味線は地歌、箏は箏曲、胡弓は胡弓楽という、それぞれ別個の音楽として成立、存在していた。