Before banning Wakashu Kabuki, the Tokugawa shogunate ordered them to play "impersonation & 'Kyogen' (Noh comedies)," and this also encouraged the development of Kabuki as a drama.
若衆歌舞伎が禁止される際に、幕府より「物真似狂言づくし」を義務付けられたことも演劇的発展の一因になった。