There were numerous schools until the Kamakura period, but the princely priest Kakusho reorganized them into four: the Honsoinryu School, Shinsoinryu School, Daigoryu School and Nakagawa-Daishinryu School.
鎌倉時代までは多くの流派があったが、覚性法親王により、4派（本相応院流・新相応院流・醍醐流・中川大進流）にまとめられた。