He had some brothers; The older brother was Kanehiro TAKATSUKASA who was Kanpaku; The younger brothers were Sukenobu TAKATSUKASA who was a master of the Japanese tea ceremony and Kaneka ICHIJO who was also Kanpaku.
兄に関白鷹司兼熙、弟に茶人鷹司輔信、関白一条兼香がいる。