| However, there were a very few exceptions that a person was allowed to branch out on his own (the Kita school established as a branch school in the Edo period) or transferred to another school with permission of the head families of the schools (Hideo KANZE). |
しかし、ごく稀に例外として分派独立を許される者（江戸期における喜多流の分派）や、各流派の宗家の了承を得て移籍を果たす者（観世栄夫）も見られる。 |