The school belonged to the Kongo school during the Edo period, and Tadanaga (忠栄), the 10th generation head, was a master who was allowed to use purple shirabeo (a set of ropes used for kotsuzumi [a small hand drum], otsuzumi [a large hand drum], or shime-daiko [a rope-tuned drum]).
江戸時代は金剛流の座付きとなり、十世忠栄は紫の調緒を許された名人であった。