At the time of the fifth head Naganori (Soi), he changed his name to Soemon KAWAI, and after the sixth head Ippo (Sogan) started serving Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, the school was the one exclusively attached to the Konparu troupe in the name of the Soemon-ryu school during the Edo period.
五世長詰（宗意）に至って名を川井惣右衛門と改め、六世一峰（宗岸）の代に徳川家康に出仕して以後、江戸時代を通じて専ら惣右衛門流の名により金春座の座付となる。