The head family was the Niemon SAGI family and the branch family was the Denemon SAGI family (the fourth ranked bakufu-sponsored official Kyogen school), followed by subordinate families such as the Namekawa family.
宗家は鷺仁右衛門家、分家に鷺伝右衛門家（幕府狂言方序列4位）、弟子家に名女川家などがあった。