This was one of the two factions in the Toyotomi government with Kiyomasa KATO and Masanori FUKUSHIMA, etc. taking a leading part, and it is often mentioned in contrast with the Bunchi-ha (also called the Bunri-ha) which was led by Mitsunari ISHIDA, Yukinaga KONISHI and others.
加藤清正・福島正則などを中心とした豊臣政権内部の2つの派閥の一つで、石田三成・小西行長などの「文治派（文吏派とも）」と対比して呼ばれる。