In traditional Japanese music, such as Joruri (dramatic narrative chanted to a samisen accompaniment) or nagauta (long epic song with shamisen accompaniment), that developed among townspeople during the Edo period, kamishimo was used on the stage, at that time, was substituted by hanging a maedare (an apron) over the kataginu instead of wearing hakama.
浄瑠璃や長唄など江戸時代に町人のあいだで発達した邦楽では、舞台上で裃を用いるとき、袴を履かず、肩衣に前垂れを掛けることによって代用する。