This family nearly dominated the kokyu of the palace during the period of cloister government by the emperors Toba and Goshirakawa, but the power of the family dwindled somewhat after the Kamakura era.
この家は鳥羽天皇・後白河天皇院政期の後宮をほぼ独占したが、鎌倉時代以後やや衰えた。