Due to conflict with Shochiku over better treatment, the Bunraku world was divided into 'Bunraku Chinami kai' on the side of the company and 'Bunraku Mitsuwa kai' on the side of the union in 1948.
1948年、松竹との待遇改善がからみ、文楽界は会社派の「文楽因会」と組合側の「文楽三和会」に分裂した。