Many of the successive Konoe family heads in the early-modern times, who were educated and had a refined taste of poetry, calligraphy, and painting, sorted out the handed down ancient documents, and added book collections as well.
近世の近衛家当主には、詩書画などの諸芸に通じた教養人・風流人が多く、彼らによって伝世の古文書が整理され、新たな書物が収集された。