In Kabuki, Narimono has 2 basic meanings: the players of music other than Nagauta, and all musical instruments other than shamisen, and the playing of those instruments. When Narimono musicians play their instruments together with the Utakata and Shamisenkata of Nagauta, they are called Debayashi (onstage performer). When they play their instruments inside the Kuromisu (room concealed by black bamboo curtain) they are included in Geza-ongaku. In both cases, they are called Hayashikata (instrumentalists).
In Debayashi, the players of musical instruments generically called Shibyoshi (ensemble), which includes taiko (drum), kotsuzumi (small hand drum), otsuzumi [okawa] (large hand drum) and fue (flute) [noukan (Noh flute) or shinobue (bamboo flute)], sit and play together with the Utakata (singers) and Shamisenkata (shamisen players) of Nagauta.

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