As powerful occupational branch families such as the Matasaburo NOMURA family, the Tokuro MIYAKE family, and the Manzo NOMURA family were active, the absence of the head family, Soke, continued for a long time.
野村又三郎家、三宅藤九郎家、野村万蔵家といった有力な職分家が活発に活動していたこともあり、宗家の不在は長らくつづいた。