At the end of Edo period, then-current head Kokosai had to emigrate his family to Nagoya due to a fire caused by the Battle of Toba and Fushimi who burned his residence at Oshinokoji-dori street, Higashinotoin-dori street, Kyoto.
7代好古斎の時に幕末を迎え、鳥羽・伏見の戦いで京都東洞院通押小路通にあった家を焼失したため、名古屋に移住することになった。