There were some Kengyo who were employed by daimyo (feudal lord) as in-house musicians with a stipend equivalent to an annual crop volume large enough to support several people, such as Kengyo Yatsuhashi in the Iwakitaira Domain and Kengyo Yoshizawa in the Owari Domain.
磐城平藩の八橋検校、尾張藩の吉沢検校などのように、専属の音楽家として大名に数人扶持で召し抱えられる検校もいた。