Kanin-ryu was a linage of kuge (court noble) of a branch of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan including the Sanjo Family, the Saionji Family, or the Tokudaiji family.
閑院流（かんいんりゅう）とは、三条家・西園寺家・徳大寺家をはじめとする藤原北家支流の公家の一門。