It was taught to Yusai HOSOKAWA, who was a relative of the Wakasa-Takeda clan in the Azuchi-Momoyama Period and was preserved in the domain of Kumamoto in the Edo Period, called Hosokawa-ryu Kyuba-gunrei Kojitsu (Hosokawa's ancient practices of customs about archery, troops and military etiquette).
安土桃山時代に若狭武田氏の縁戚であった細川幽斎（幽斎）に伝授され、江戸時代は細川流弓馬軍礼故実と称して熊本藩で保護された。