It is written in the 'Taiheiki' (The Record of the Great Peace) that Takatoki HOJO, a regent in the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), was addicted to Dengaku and the Shogun Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA in the Muromachi bakufu liked the performances of a dancer named Zoami.
鎌倉幕府の執権北条高時は田楽に耽溺したことが「太平記」に書かれており、室町幕府の将軍足利義持は増阿弥の芸を好んだ。