1832

Nishimura Hikobei IV
Took over Zoge-ya. He was the head of the family who played an outstanding role in the middle of the family history. He was adopted from the Fushimi Yamamoto family.
Hikobei IV excelled in maki-e technique and produced masterpieces such as “Chikurin maki-e konrei chodo zoroe” (a set of wedding furnishing with maki-e motif of a bamboo grove). He was appointed as a purveyor of the Sento Imperial Palace and made the family business absolutely secure.

After the fire caused by the Hamaguri Gate Rebellion burned down the store in 1864, during the tempestuous period at the end of late Tokugawa shogunate, the store was rebuilt. He also formulated the family mottoes with Hikobei III.