The family business of the Sanjonishi family was waka poetry, and the family head in the beginning of the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States), Sanetaka SANJONISHI (grandfather of Saneeda), was considered the best existing waka poet.
三条西家の家職は和歌であり、戦国時代(日本)前期の当主・三条西実隆は当代随一の歌人と評された（実条の高祖父にあたる）。