In the Muromachi period, Soke (the head family or house) of the Hosokawa clan, one of three kanrei (shogunal deputy), which inherited the post of Ukyo no daibu (Master of the Western Capital Offices), was called the Keicho family.
室町時代には、三管領のひとつ細川氏宗家が右京大夫の職を世襲したため、細川氏宗家は京兆家とよばれた。