| The family's occupation was sewing kimono (clothes) up to the era of the fifth family head, but since then, the family has been engaged in the production of tea utensils such as shifuku (a pouch to be used for putting in a tea container), fukusa (silk cloth to be used in tea ceremony) and Kakuobi (Japanese belt (obi) for men). |
五代までは仕服を生業としたが、以降は茶道具の茶入の仕覆（しふく）や、服紗、角帯などを作る。 |