During the time of the fourth generation head named Suboku (寿朴), his younger brother named Gonshichi (also known as Yugen) branched from this school and established the Shimogakari Hosho school by order of Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA, and this school contributed to the Hosho school.
四世寿朴の代に至って、徳川綱吉の命により弟権七（祐玄）が別家して下掛宝生流を興し、宝生流の座付となった。