In the Edo period, especially the fifth shogun Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA liked the Hosho school so much that he told hayashi-kata (musical accompanists) of other schools to move to the Hosho school.
江戸時代には五代将軍徳川綱吉がとりわけ宝生流を贔屓し、他座の囃子方を宝生流に転属させるほどであった。