The fourth family head Yasuuji ASHIKAGA retired and entered the priesthood without any permission from the Shogunate (one theory, unsupported by evidence, says he did so because of a charge of rebellion), and the sixth family head Ietoki ASHIKAGA, born to the fifth head Yoriuji ASHIKAGA and a daughter of Shigefusa UESUGI, is said to have committed suicide because of his involvement in the Shimotsuki Disturbance.
第4代当主・足利泰氏は幕府に無断で出家（一説では、謀反の疑いがあったとされるが真偽は不明である）・引退し、第5代当主・足利頼氏と上杉重房の娘の間に生まれた第6代当主・足利家時は霜月騒動に関連して自害したと言われている。