Kamigata kodan is a mixture of two different styles, 'gundan' (kodan on military epic) and 'Shinto koshaku' (koshaku associated with Shinto), and its industry during the Taisho period was dominated by the TAMADA school such as Gyokushusai TAMADA, the father of Tachikawa or Tatsukawa Bunko series.
上方講談は「軍談」と「神道講釈」の二つの流れが融合したもので、大正時代に立川文庫の生みの親である玉田玉秀斎などの玉田派が上方講談界を席巻した。