Further, Genji choja in early times were limited to being the court noble of Saga-Genji ("Saikyuki" volume 13), and the court nobles of Saga-Genji dominated this position up to the last court noble of Saga-Genji, MINAMOTO no Hitoshi (provided that FUJIWARA no Tasumoto once assumed this position concurrently with the In no betto (chief administrator of the Retired Emperor's Office).
更に当初の源氏長者は嵯峨源氏の公卿に限定されており（『西宮記』巻13）、嵯峨源氏最後の公卿である源等までは同氏が独占していた（ただし、途中に藤原扶幹の院別当兼務期を挟む）。