In the middle of the Kamakura period, Motouji SONO who was the third son of Motoie JIMYOIN of the Nakanomikado family and who started the Sono family learned the way of the Shijo School's kitchen-knife and established another school outside that of the Shijo School which was called 'Shijo-Sono school' (or simply Sono school) (Motouji was also well-versed in flower arrangement and originated Aoyama school).
鎌倉時代中期に中御門家持明院基家の三男で園家を興した園基氏が、四条流を学んで別派を興し「四条園流（もしくは単に園流）」と称された（なお基氏は華道にも通じ、青山流を創始している）。