It is said that performers of this school were originally te-sarugaku (amateur Noh) performers who served at the Imperial Court, and then they served at the Owari Domain, where they had been active during the Edo period.
元来は禁裏に出仕した手猿楽の役者であったと思われるが、後に尾張藩に仕え、江戸時代は長らく同地で活躍した。