The original forefather was Kanehira TAKATSUKASA, the fourth son of Iezane KONOE of the Konoe Family, which was the main line of the House of Fujiwara North of the Fujiwara clan, in the mid-Kamakura period.
鎌倉時代中頃、藤原氏藤原北家嫡流の近衛家実の四男鷹司兼平が祖。