Though no boy had been born into the Sengoro family for a long time since Masashige, Masakazu was blessed with children and his two sons, Sensaku SHIGEYAMA (the 4th) (Shime, the 12th Sengoro, the 4th Sensaku, born in 1919) and Sennojo SHIGEYAMA (the 2nd Sennojo, born in 1923), carried on the art of the Sengoro family.
千五郎家では正重以来長らく男子が生まれなかったが、真一は子供に恵まれ、茂山千作_(4世)（しめ。12世千五郎、4世千作。1919年生）と茂山千之丞（2世千之丞。1923年生）の兄弟が千五郎家の芸を受け継いだ。