At the time of Matasaburo Nobuaki NOMURA the third, the family was granted fuchi by the Owari Clan while living in Kyoto, and after the Meiji Restoration the family moved to Nagoya and then to Tokyo.
三世野村又三郎信明の代に在京のまま尾張藩に扶持されるようになり、明治維新後に名古屋、東京と移住を重ねた。