Myoseki nomenclature is not a mere name, but a name or title that signifies inheritance of traditions of a certain accomplished art, which has been traditionally built up by hereditary successors to that Myoseki name/title over the generations.
名跡は単なる名前ではなく、代々の襲名者によって伝統的に築き上られてきた芸を継承するという意味もある。