This family originally performed tesarugaku in Kyoto, and as Matasaburo Shigenobu NOMURA (the first) was invited as a guest to establish the Izumi school, their own programs, play scripts, and dramatic interpretation have been maintained.
もともと京都の手猿楽に発した家系で、初代野村又三郎重信が和泉流樹立にあたり客分として招かれたために、独自の演目・台本・演出などを保持して現在に至っている。