For generations the Arisugawa no miya used to send sons of the family, except for the eldest son, to Kan-ei-ji Temple in Ueno, Edo and to Chion-in Temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, as imperial princes in holy orders, or so-called priest-princes.
また代々、江戸上野の寛永寺や京都東山の知恩院などに次男以下の子弟を門跡として入寺させていた。