Yoshimatsu HANAYAGI from the school of Jusuke HANAYAGI I assuming the new name of Yoshimatsu (subsequently Judo) WAKAYAGI founded the Wakayagi school in 1893.
初世花柳壽輔の門から出た花柳芳松が、1893年に若柳吉松(のち寿童)と改名して創始。