Its founder is believed to be Gonuemon Michioki (権右衛門道意) OKURA, but it is thought that a person who actually established the basis of school was the second head, Choemon Nobuyasu, the adopted son of the third head of otsuzumi-kata, Toraie (Michitomo) NISUKE (二助虎家 [道知]).
大蔵権右衛門道意が家祖とされるが、実質的に流儀の基礎を築いたのは大鼓方三世二助虎家（道知）の養子となった二世長右衛門宣安と思われる。