From the Taisho to the early Showa period, the ginei masters such as Gakufu KIMURA and Katsuyoshi YAMADA were active and they became the originators of several present-day schools.
大正から昭和初期にかけては、木村岳風、山田積善といった吟詠家が活躍し、現在の諸流派の祖となった。