Specifically the three families including the Konoe family after the adoption of Nobuhiro KONOE, the Ichijo family after Akiyoshi ICHIJO, and the Takatsukasa family after Sukehira TAKATSUKASA, their branch families that shares agnate blood lines and the families that adopted sons from these families are called Kobetsu Sekke (line of regents and advisers) today.
すなわち近衛信尋以降の近衛家、一条昭良以降の一条家、鷹司輔平以降の鷹司家の3家であり、これらの分家の内男子血統で続いているものや、これらの家から養子を迎えた後男系で続いている家も含め、今日では皇別摂家と呼ばれている。