After learning kyujutsu from Owari feudal retainer Tadashige NAGAYA of the Hegi-ryu Chikurin-ha school, Shigenori was appointed the yumiyaku (one responsible for archery duty) of Mitsutomo TOKUGAWA.
茂則は、尾張藩士で日置流竹林派（ちくりんは）の長屋忠重に師事して弓術を学び、徳川光友の代に弓役に任じられた。