Under the pressure of the Saionji family, which emerged later, the prosperity experienced during the time of Michichika could not be brought back, but Michichika's children, Michitomo HORIKAWA, Michiteru KOGA (heir), Sadamichi TSUCHIMIKADO and Michikata NAKANOIN, established the Horikawa family, the Koga family, Tsuchimikado family and Nakanoin family, respectively, and their family names were maintained until the Meiji Restoration (just for information, the Kitabatake family was a illegitimate lineage of the Nakanoin family and the Iwakura family was that of the Koga family).
その後、新たに台頭してきた西園寺家に押されて通親時代の繁栄を取り戻す事はなかったがそれでも通親の子供達―堀川通具・久我通光（嫡子）・土御門定通・中院通方はそれぞれ堀川家・久我家・土御門家・中院家の四家を創設し、明治維新にいたるまで家名を存続させた（ちなみに北畠家は中院家の、岩倉家は久我家の庶流にあたる）。