Saionji family

Saionji family
西園寺家
Home provinceKyoto, Yamashiro Province
Parent houseNorthern Fujiwara
TitlesRokuhara Tandai
Genrō
Kantō Mōshitsugi
Udaijin
Sadaijin
FounderSaionji Michisue
Founding year12th century
Ruled until1871 (Abolition of the han system)

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.