In the middle Kamakura period the Takatsukasa Family, one of the gosekke (Gosetsu Family), was started as a branch family by Kanehira TAKATSUKASA, the fourth son of Iezane KONOE.
鎌倉時代中期には近衛家実の四男鷹司兼平により五摂家の１つである鷹司家が分かれた。