At this time, there were three Miyake (houses of an imperial prince), the Fushiminomiya family, the Kyogokunomiya family and the Arisugawanomiya family, and only the prince who succeeded the family could be the Imperial Prince, and the rest of princes and princesses had to become priest or priestess.
当時、宮家は伏見宮家、京極宮家、有栖川宮家と3家あり、この3家を継いだ場合を除き親王を名乗ることができず、その他の天皇家の子女はすべて出家されるという形になっていた。