The Kan in no Miya was one of the four hereditary Imperial families, and it was a Miyake (house of an imperial prince) which was founded by Emperor Higashiyama's Prince, Kan in no Miya Imperial Prince Naohito during middle of the Edo period.
閑院宮（かんいんのみや）は、四世襲親王家の一つで、江戸時代中期に東山天皇の皇子、閑院宮直仁親王が創設した宮家。