Unlike the Ikei-ha (see below), which was spread extensively by the Isa family, who held the positon Osukiya Gashira in charge of the Shogun's tea rooms, the Nomura-ha was not spread so widely by the Nomura family, who were heads of the tea ceremony.
御数寄屋頭の伊佐家により広く伝えられた怡渓派（後述）と異なり、茶道組頭の野村家による伝播は多くない。