The school once served for Yorinobu TOKUGAWA of Kishu Domain, but it later became the official performers for bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) at the behest of Hidetada TOKUGAWA and actively performed as the accompanist of Kanze school during the Edo period.
一時紀州藩徳川頼宣に仕えたが、後に徳川秀忠の命によって幕府御用となり、江戸時代には観世流の座付きとして活躍した。