Seventh Sosetsu KANZE was his daughter's son; his younger brother Shigekatsu HOSHO (宝生重勝) was adopted to take over the Hosho school, and his three grandchildren each served as Dayu of three groups of Yamato-yoza (four Sarugaku performance groups in the Yamato Province).
七世観世宗節は娘の子で、さらにその弟宝生重勝が養子として宝生流を継ぎ、三人の孫が大和四座の内三座までの大夫を務めた。