In the generation of Munenori during the Muromachi period, the Nakamikado family (head family) was renamed the Matsunoki family to refrain from having the same family name as the family in the Kajuji line.
ただし、宗家の中御門家は室町時代の松木宗宣の代に勧修寺流の中御門家との重複を避けて松木家と改称した。