In the following year, 1937, Iwao KONGO, who was from the Nomura-Kongo family (also called Kyoto-Kongo family) which was the follower of the Sakado-Kongo family, assumed the position of the headman and succeeded to the head family of the Kongo school on the recommendation of the headmen of the other four schools.
翌1937年、他の四流の家元の推薦により、弟子家筋である野村金剛家（京都金剛家）の金剛巌(初世)が金剛流家元となり、宗家を継承。