In music, koto (a long Japanese zither with thirteen strings) music of Ikuta-ryu School, Jiuta (a genre of traditional songs with shamisen accompaniment) of Nogawa School, Shin-joruri (new ballad drama) such as Gidayu-bushi (musical narrative of the puppet theatre) and Icchu-bushi melody, and Nagauta (long epic song with shamisen accompaniment) appeared.
音楽では生田流箏曲、地歌の野川流が生まれ、また義太夫節や一中節などの新浄瑠璃や長唄が生まれた。