The Kajuji/Kanjuji ryu set Kaju-ji Temple in Yamashina as the spiritual base of family unity, and tended to be more morally serious than the other lineages: a number of families in the lineage were responsible for supervising the practical work of the Imperial Court, and the lineage was well-known for producing Benkan (Oversight department officials) and the Sekkanke keishi (officials in a section handling the domestic affairs of regents and advisers).
勧修寺流は、山科の勧修寺を一門の結束の精神的な拠所とし、傾向としては他の流派よりも比較的堅く、また家職として朝廷の実務を担当する家が多く、弁官や摂関家家司を多く輩出していることで知られる。