From the fact that Sogen FUJIBAYASHI's descendants moved from the Katagiri family to the Honjo family (see below), it is believed that the Katagiri family for a time lost interest in the tradition of tea ceremony.
藤林宗源の系譜が片桐家中を出て本庄家に移ったこと（後述）も合わせると、おそらく片桐家では茶湯の伝承に関心がなかった時期があると考えられる。