Stage music and genres of music such as minyo and matsuri-bayashi (Japanese festival music) influenced each other, and short kouta (ballads sung to shamisen accompaniment) and hauta (traditional Japanese song or ballad sung to the accompaniment of the shamisen) were created to be performed at banquets called 'ozashiki.'
そして民謡や祭囃子など、他の分野の音楽とも相互に影響を及ぼしあい、「お座敷」と呼ばれる宴席で披露するための小曲「小唄」「端唄」が生まれた。