After Meiji Restoration, Shigejuro Moritetsu FUKUO (福王繁十郎盛哲) the 14th died in 1898 and the head family was temporarily discontinued, but bereaved disciples, Makoto NOJIMA (Tokyo), Yasaburo NAKAMURA (Osaka) and others kept the performance style of the school.
維新後、1898年に十四世福王繁十郎盛哲が没して宗家が一時中絶するものの、遺弟の野島信（東京）、中村弥三郎（大阪）らが芸系を守った。