Thereafter, since Emperor Gomomozono died young in 1779, without having children, there was a crisis of the discontinuity of the Imperial succession, which can be seen several times in the Japanese history.
その後、1779年に後桃園天皇が子を残さないまま若くして没したため、日本史上、数回目となる皇統断絶の危機が発生した。