Takakage of the Takehara family married Shigehira's sister and inherited the Nuta family and both Kobayakawa families were joined together again but at the same time, the genealogy of the head family of the Kanmu-Heishi-Kobayakawa came to an end.
その後、竹原家の隆景が繁平の妹と結婚して沼田家を継ぎ、両小早川家は再統一されたが、それと同時に桓武平氏流小早川本家の血筋は途絶えることになった。