For all that, Munesuke freely used his robust body, that was built through various hobbies (According to "Imakagami" and "Sankaiki" (diary by Tadachika NAKAYAMA), he showed that he was a good walker until he reached very old age) and he weathered the crisis and had a long political life until retiring at the age of eighty-four.
それでも宗輔は様々な趣味で培った丈夫な体を駆使（『今鏡』や『山槐記』などによれば、晩年に至るまで健脚ぶりを見せていたと言われている）して難局を乗り切って84歳で引退するまで、長い政治生活を送ることになるのである。