At the end of the Edo period, Kinmochi SAIONJI was adopted from the Tokudaiji Family of the same kaninryu, worked as a politician after the Meiji Restoration, served as prime minister, and had great influence as a genro on the political scene during the Taisho and Showa eras.
幕末に同じ閑院流の徳大寺家から西園寺公望が養子に入り、明治維新を経て政治家として活躍、内閣総理大臣などを歴任し、元老として大正・昭和の政界に重きをなした。