In the early days of the Edo period, Saneharu SAIONJI welcomed Tokuhime, who was the eldest daughter of Kyumu NAGAOKA (also known as Tadataka HOSOKAWA), as the Midaidokoro (wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman) of the heir (later disinherited) of Tadaoki HOSOKAWA, and invited her to accept the post of Sadaijin (minister of the left); moreover, Kyumu NAGAOKA offered various forms of financial support to the Saionji family, including donating a property that yielded 600 koku of rice (Menko-shuroku).
江戸初期には西園寺実晴が細川忠興の嫡男（後に廃嫡）細川忠隆こと長岡休無の長女徳姫を御台所に迎えて左大臣までのぼるが、長岡休無は西園寺家に種々の資金助成をし600石の遺産贈与もしている(綿考輯録)。