However, Michisue's great-grandson, Kintsune SAIONJI, was promoted to Daijo-daijin (Grand Minister of State) in the early Kamakura period and founded the Saionji family.
しかし、通季の曾孫に当たる西園寺公経が鎌倉時代初期に太政大臣に昇り、西園寺家を創始する。