However, since the generation of Sanekane's son Kinhira SAIONJI, the Saionji Family this time supported the Jimyoin-to genealogy when the Daikakuji-to genealogy started to keep a distance from the bakufu, thereby deepening the conflict with the Daikakuji-to genealogy.
だが、その息子西園寺公衡以後は、大覚寺統が幕府から距離を置くようになると今度は持明院統を支援して大覚寺統との対立を深めた。