The collateral families of the Jimyoin family were: the Sono family established during the Kamakura period; the Takano family and the Ishiyama family branched from the Jimyoin family during the Edo period; the Higashisono family and the Mibu family branched from the Sono family during the Edo period; and the Ishiyama family and the Rokkaku family further branched from the Mibu family during the Edo period.
持明院家の庶家には鎌倉時代に成立した園家をはじめ、江戸時代に持明院家から分立した高野家・石山家、園家から分立した東園家・壬生家、更に壬生家から分立した石山家・六角家があった。