The Kano clan flourished from the Nara period to the conquest of Odawara as samurai family, and was one of the good families of Izu, and their descendants are still living in Izu at the present day.
狩野氏は古代から小田原征伐にいたるまで武家として活躍し、末裔が現代まで伊豆に多数残り、伊豆名門の一つである。