In the Edo period, the family held high offices in the Great Council of State and served at the Imperial Court.

Sanetane was the second son of Major Counselor Anekōji Kinkage, who was a descendant of Fujiwara no Kinsue, the founder of the Kanin lineage.

[1] Kazahaya Sanetane, the founder of the Kazehaya family, learned Japanese tea ceremony from Sen no Sōtan.

Ever since, the heads of the Kazehaya family served in the Imperial Court practicing Japanese tea ceremony.

After the Meiji Restoration, Kazahaya Kinkoto was made Viscount in 1884[1][2] and served as the high priest of Kashihara Shrine.