 Kamigata style uses fewer stage tricks ("keren") than Edo kabuki, and more subdued makeup, costuming, props and sets.In addition to its more naturalistic and realistic style, Kamigata kabuki was originally far more strongly influenced by "jōruri", the puppet theatre of Osaka, and thus to some extent, laid greater importance upon plot than did Edo kabuki, which focused far more heavily on dance.It is not uncommon even today, particularly in Tokyo (Edo), for Kabuki performances to include completely disparate stories and characters inserted, at detriment to the plot's continuity, for the purpose of showing off an actor's dancing, "mie" posing, chanting, costumes or stage tricks.