Karukuchi has its origin in plays such as kabuki parodied and developed on a stage prepared in the precincts of the Osaka-tenmangu Shrine, in Shijo Kawaramachi, Kyoto City at the end of the Edo Period.
江戸時代末期に京都四条河原町、大坂天満宮の神社の境内に舞台を設けひとりでに歌舞伎、芝居の物真似演じられた起源。