Coming from a branch line of the Rokujo family, itself of the Uona line of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan, the family claims descent from FUJIWARA no Iesue, the great-grandson of FUJIWARA no Akisuke.
藤原北家魚名流六条家庶流で、藤原顕輔の曾孫藤原家季を祖とする。