His brother, Motoakira KANZE, having served as an instructor to Ieharu TOKUGAWA, the eleventh Shogun in the art of Noh, established his own branch of the family with official recognition in 1752.
兄・元章が十一代将軍徳川家治の若い頃から能楽の指南を務めたことから1752年（宝暦2年）分家を認められる。