Moreover, thanks to one of the Sanjonishi family poetic school's most illustrious disciples, Yusai HOSOKAWA, their poetic style also spread to the then-contemporary Imperial Family, the Miyake (families allowed to be in status of Imperial family), the aristocracy, and the non-courtier families (jige), and ever since then, the Sanjonishi family has continued to hold rightful authority as the true poetic heirs of the Nijo family.
また、三条西家高弟細川幽斎から近世初頭の天皇家、宮家、堂上、地下（じげ）にも広まったが、三条西家は、これ以降も、二条家正嫡流としての権威を保ち続けた。