From its establishment by FUJIWARA no Yukinari, the Sesonji family lasted 17 generations, but it was not until the generation of Yukiyoshi SESONJI that the family name of Sesonji became well known.
初代藤原行成から17代を数えるが、世尊寺の家名で知られるのは世尊寺行能以後とされる。