From the end of the Edo Period to early Showa Period, many iemoto (head of a school) and soke (head of a house) gained independence from existing schools and the number of schools having Enshu in their name increased, reaching a peak during the Meiji era.
やがて江戸末期から昭和初期にかけて、既存の流派から独立する家元・宗家が多数生まれ、遠州の名がつく流派が明治期をピークにかなり増える。