The Kanroji family was "Tosho-ke" (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks) of the main branch of the Kajuji line of the Takafuji group of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan, and its social standing was prestigious family.
甘露寺家（かんろじけ）は、藤原北家高藤流勧修寺一門嫡流の堂上家、家格は、名家。