The style of Sogen FUJIBAYASHI was handed down among the retainers of the Katagiri family and in the mi-Edo period, it was passed to Sokei HONJO, yoriki (a police sergeant) to the Osaka Commissioner of Guns.
藤林宗源の系譜は片桐家の家臣で伝承され、江戸中期に大坂鉄砲組与力の本庄宗敬に伝授された。