After the Tokugawa shogunate was collapsed, the school faced with the threat of extinction for a while, but the school eventually survived because of a great performer named Roppeita KITA (the 14th generation), who appeared during the crisis.
徳川幕府瓦解後、一時は廃絶の危機に瀕するが、喜多六平太(14世)という名人が登場し、流派は生きながらえた。