They spread across the country combined with the policy of increasing wealth and military power in the Meiji period when people from Satsuma possessed power, and many super players appeared one after another such as Gakujo YOSHIMURA, Seigo TSUJI, Kokichi NISHI, and Kino YOSHIMIZU.
薩摩出身者が力を持っていた明治時代には富国強兵政策とも相まって各地に広まり、吉村岳城、辻靖剛、西幸吉、吉水錦翁などの名手が輩出した。