Compared to the time of Zeami when noh schools received support from high-ranking samurai families and nobles, noh schools in the time of Nobumitsu received less support and were forced to perform more frequently in provinces where audiences preferred spectacle to yugen.
上流武家、公家のバックアップを受けていた世阿弥時代に比べて、そのような層の後援が減り、地方興行も多く、幽玄よりもスペクタクル性が求められたためといわれている。