While they contributed to the flourishing of shamisen music and koto music, heikyoku, which should have been their original profession, came to a complete standstill, being handed down with no new work, and gradually the number of musicians who could play heikyoku decreased.
こうして彼らにより三味線音楽や箏曲が興隆する一方で、本来彼らの表芸であるはずの平曲は完全に停滞、固定化して、ただ伝承されるだけの存在となり、新作もなく、平曲を演奏出来る人は次第に減少して行った。