Of the music of sankyoku (instrumental trio), Sokyoku became stagnant in Kamigata (the area of Kyoto and Osaka) in the middle of the Edo period, so they simply performed tunes composed earlier and rarely performed new ones.
上方における三曲の音楽の中では、江戸時代中期になると箏曲が停滞し、旧作の演奏のみで新作は非常に少なくなる。