In recent years, the Reizei Family has become famous for being descended from FUJIWARA no Teika; however, from the Muromachi period through the Meiji period the house of Sanjonishi, which passed on the traditions of the head and branch lines of the NIJO Family, was the mainstream of poetry as the successor to Teika.
近年、藤原定家の子孫としては、冷泉家が有名ではあるが、実際には、室町時代から明治期にいたるまで、二条家正嫡流を伝承する三条西家が、定家の後継者として、歌壇の主流を占めた。