Once the period of the spread of exclusively Western culture was over, jiuta, along with sokyoku and shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute), spread throughout Japan to become home music, and they became popular.
やがて西洋一辺倒の時期が過ぎると、地歌は箏曲、尺八とともに全国に普及した家庭音楽となり、広く愛好されるようになった。