 Saionji family

The Saionji family (西園寺家, "Saionji-ke") was a Japanese "kuge" (court aristocrat) family related to the Northern Fujiwara branch of the Fujiwara clan and the Imadegawa clan.The family's name was taken from that of the family's formal residence in Kyoto, and its "kamon" (crest) was a "tomoe".