Noh-men uchi in the early-modern times were the Ono Deme family, the Echizen Deme family (Takefu City, Fukui Prefecture) and the Omi Izeki family (Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture), and it is said that all of them were monks of Heisen-ji Temple in Echizen Province and disciple line of Mitsuhiro SANKOBO who appeared at the end of Muromachi period.
近世の面打には、大野出目家、越前出目家（福井県武生市）、近江井関家（滋賀県長浜市）があったが、いずれも越前国平泉寺の僧で室町時代末期に出た三光坊満広の弟子筋とされている。