Judging by any of the following factors, such as the strained intervals created by the dayu and shamisen, consciousness of words and sounds or the dramaturgy to depict music in three dimensions in the form of 'narration,' Gidayu is worthy of being called the culmination of Joruri.
太夫と三味線によって作りあげられる間の緊迫、言葉や音づかいに対する意識、一曲のドラマツルギーを「語り」によって立体的に描きあげる構成力、そのいずれをとっても義太夫こそは浄瑠璃におけるひとつの完成形であるというにふさわしい。