Scripts are mainly divided into two groups; one consists of scripts embraced in the Tojiro YAMAMOTO family that has inherited the artistic tradition of the Okura head family in Edo, the other consists of those embraced in the Sengoro SHIGEYAMA family based in Kyoto since the Edo period.
台本は江戸の大蔵宗家の芸系を受け継ぐ山本東次郎家のものと、江戸時代以来京都を本拠としてきた茂山千五郎家のものとに大別される。