Kosetsu KANZE of the branch family (the fifth of the branch family, a great-grandson of Kiyooki being the 19th of Kanze-ryu family) and Minoru UMEWAKA recognized as the head Tsure of Kanze-ryu came to keep Kanze-ryu in Tokyo.
東京の観世流は分家の観世紅雪（分家五世、十九世宗家清興の曾孫）と観世流のツレ筆頭とされた梅若家の初世梅若実が孤塁を守ることとなった。