Sarugaku was a popular Japanese entertainment form from the eleventh to fourteenth centuries, evolving from Chinese sangaku variety acts into a mix of dance, music, sketches and acrobatics. Performers were organised into guild troupes called za, supported by temples and shrines, and in the fourteenth century Kan'ami and his son Zeami refined sarugaku into Noh, while its comic elements became Kyogen. Clips named Sarugakuza circulate online as short, shareable excerpts, kept alive by creators who need an unmistakably traditional Japanese cue for edits, presentations and cultural projects.