In the mid 18th century, when the introduction of the Nanpin school helped the popular art world grow into maturity, the Kano school, which had been a mere name, became unable to satisfy their clients and began to lose them.
18世紀半ば、南蘋派の流入が契機に本格的な民間画壇が育ち始めると、形骸化が進んでいた狩野派は飽きられ顧客が奪われ始めた。