The four families of the inner court painters are the Kajibashi family, with lineage of Tanyu (the first son of Takanobu KANO); the Kobikicho family (called Takekawa-cho family at the time), with lineage of Naonobu (the second son of Takanobu); the Nakabashi family with lineage of Yasunobu (the third son of Takanobu); and the Hamacho family, with lineage of Minenobu KANO (1662 - 1708) (Minenobu is the second son of Tsunenobu KANO, the first son of Naonobu KANO).
奥絵師の4家とは探幽（狩野孝信の長男）の系統の鍛冶橋家、尚信（孝信の次男）の系統の木挽町家（当初は「竹川町家」）、安信（孝信の三男）の系統の中橋家、それに狩野岑信（みねのぶ、1662-1708）の系統の浜町家である（岑信は、狩野尚信の長男である狩野常信の次男）。