However, yokyoku (Noh song) became popular among merchant class people as a subject of learning and many books on yokyoku were published (some of them were used as a textbook at terakoya - temple elementary school during the Edo period).
しかし、謡曲は町人の習い事として流行し、多くの謡本が出版された（寺子屋の教科書に使われた例もある）。