SAKANOUE no Korenori (Masamichi's grandson) and SAKANOUE no Mochiki (Masamichi's great-grandson) became famous as kajin (waka poet), their descendants did great performances as a Kebiishi police officer and in the law field as a Myobo hakase (teacher of the law in the Ritsuryo system).
坂上是則（当道の孫）、坂上望城（当道の曾孫）は歌人として名を成し、その子孫は検非違使大尉や明法博士など法律に関する分野で活躍した。