Whichever year was correct, leadership of the Kanze troupe (one of four sarugaku troupes in Yamato Province) had been transferred from Zeami and his son to the Onami family by the time Nobumitsu was born.
いずれにせよ信光が生まれた頃には、観世座の主導権は世阿弥父子から音阿弥家へと移行していた。