Afterwards, shrine maidens traveled on foot to propagate religion and performed the dance, then it changed gradually to the performing arts of prostitutes who were influenced by the tradition of a shrine maiden disguising as a man, who excelled in dancing like a man were generally called shirabyoshi.
このうち、巫女が布教の行脚中において舞を披露していく中で、次第に芸能を主としていく遊女へと転化していき、そのうちに遊女が巫以来の伝統の影響を受けて男装し、男舞に長けた者を一般に白拍子とも言うようになった。