In November of the same year, Kanemichi, who fell seriously ill, pushed himself to visit the Imperial Palace in order to prevent Kaneie from becoming his successor and carried out the last jimoku, assigning the position of the kanpaku to Yoritada telling him Yoritada had the capability to work as kanpaku and demoted Kaneie.
同年11月、重い病に危篤になった兼通は、兼家が自らの後継になることを防ぐために無理に参内し、最後の除目を行い、頼忠は関白の器であるとして職を譲り、逆に兼家を降格させた。