However, Tamezumi REIZEI and Tamekatsu SHIMO REIZEI were killed by the Bessho clan, who were the Shugo (Military Governor) Daimyo of the Akamatsu clan of Harima Province, and this led Tamemasa SHIMO REIZEI, Tamekatsu's the younger brother, to rebuild the Shimo Reizei family in Kyoto.
ところが、冷泉為純　下冷泉為勝が播磨守護大名赤松氏の支族別所氏に殺されたため、為勝の弟の下冷泉為将が京都において下冷泉家を再興した。