The founder Kurobei Sadayuki (Nichiraku) KADONO learned from Heizo Masauji OKURA, who was the fourth head of the otsuzumi-kata of Okura school, and established the school with the help of Hideyori TOYOTOMI and Ieyasu TOKUGAWA.
流祖葛野九郎兵衛定之（日楽）は大鼓方大倉流四世大蔵平蔵正氏に学び、豊臣秀頼・徳川家康らの贔屓によって一家を成した。