In 1941, Kichijiro married into the Okura family; he was the second son of Kyuji SHIGEYAMA (later Yagoro ZENCHIKU, the first Living National Treasure in Kyogen circles), an adopted son of Chuzaburo SHIGEYAMA, the second (Yoshitoyo) who came from a branch family of the Sengoro SHIGEYAMA family.
昭和16年（1941年）には茂山千五郎家の分家の二世茂山忠三郎（良豊）の養子であった茂山久治（後の善竹彌五郎。狂言界初の人間国宝）の次男・吉二郎が大蔵家に婿入りした。