When Motoyasu MATSUDAIRA (Ieyasu TOKUGAWA) became ruler of Japan and established the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), 'Shijo-Sonobe School' was charged with being responsible for the cuisine of the bakufu, since Sonobe Izuminokami (a master of kitchen-knife who had learned in Shijo School) had served the Matsudaira clan of Mikawa Province; consequently, that promoted to prevail Shijo School among domains in the Edo period.
また四条流を学んだ園部和泉守という庖丁人が三河国松平氏に仕えていたが、松平元康（徳川家康）が天下人となり江戸幕府を創始すると、「四条園部流」が幕府の台所を預かることとなり、江戸時代には各藩へも普及が進んだ。