The thirteenth head of the Konoe family, Masaie KONOE (1445 - 1505) who served as Kanpaku, and Dajodaijin during the turbulent era of the Sengoku Period, evacuated the family treasure of ancient documents (they are said to have measured fifty Karabitsu, a container of 50 cm x 33 cm x 40 cm, in volume) to Iwakura in the north of Kyoto.
戦国時代の動乱期に関白・太政大臣を務めた13代当主近衛政家（1445年–1505年）は、応仁・文明の乱に際し、家伝の古文書（唐櫃50合の分量があったという）を京都の北郊の岩倉に疎開させた。