After Sanefusa, his oldest son Kinfusa SANJO succeeded the main branch of the family carrying the name of SANJO but as Kinuji OGIMACHISANJO, the third son of Sanefusa, also referred to himself as SANJO, they decided to refer to the main family branch as the Temborin Sanjo family and the Kinuji line as the Ogimachisanjo family to distinguish one from the other.
実房の後、嫡流は長男の三条公房が継ぎ三条を称したが、三男の正親町三条公氏も三条を称したため、嫡流を転法輪三条（てんぽうりん-）、公氏の流を正親町三条と呼び区別するようになった。