Recently, however, there is a growing trend toward the active revaluation of the originality and techniques of Takemoto as accompaniment to plays and a growing tendency to consider Takemoto and Bunraku Gidayu as separate music.
ただし近年では、劇付随音楽としての竹本の独自性や技術を積極的に再評価し、文楽義太夫とはまた別の音楽として考える傾向がつよくなってきている。