In addition, the Kano School had kept its power as the head of edakumi (painters) of the Tokugawa Shogun family during the Edo period, which showed that they had also a perceptive sense for politics.
ついでながら、狩野派一門は江戸時代徳川将軍家の画工の長として、勢力を維持し続け、画才の他に鋭い政治感覚も合わせて持ち合わせていた。