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Japanese: 表絵師 - おもてえし

During the Edo period, the branches and disciples of the four inner palace painters established their own schools and were given the status of a Goke (household official) with a stipend of 20 people by the Edo Shogunate for successive generations. These were the 15 Kano schools: Surugadai Kano, Yamashita Kano, Fukagawa Mizuba Kano, Inaribashi Kano, Okachimachi Kano, Honjo Midorimachi Kano, Azabu Ipponmatsu Kano, Kanda Matsunagamachi Kano, Shiba Atagoshita Kano, Negishi Goyukinomatsu Kano, Tsukiji Odawaracho Kano, Kanasugi Katamachi Kano, Saruyamachi Daichi Kano, Saruyamachi Daichi Branch Kano, and Katsuta Kano.

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Japanese:

江戸時代，奥絵師四家の分家や門人が一家を構えて独立し，江戸幕府から代々御家人格 20人扶持の待遇を得た，以下の狩野十五家の総称。駿河台狩野，山下狩野，深川水場狩野，稲荷橋狩野，御徒士町 (おかちまち) 狩野，本所緑町狩野，麻布一本松狩野，神田松永町狩野，芝愛宕下狩野，根岸御行之松狩野，築地小田原町狩野，金杉片町狩野，猿屋町代地狩野，猿屋町代地分家狩野，勝田狩野。

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