Before long, in 1798, Mansaku OKAMOTO and Karaku SANSHOTEI (the first) each opened two storytellers' halls in Edo, and thereafter the number of venues increased rapidly.
やがて1798年に岡本万作と初代三笑亭可楽がそれぞれ江戸で2軒の寄席を開くと、その後寄席の数は急激に増えた。