In 1623, he made his youngest brother, Yasunobu KANO, succeed Sadanobu Kano, the head of the Kano school, as his adopted son, and Tanyu took over the Kajibashi Kano family.
元和9年（1623年）、狩野派を嫡流・狩野貞信の養子として末弟・狩野安信に継がせて、自身は鍛冶橋狩野家を興した。