After resigning from the position of Daijo-daijin, he was given the honorary rank of Jusangu (usually given to the Great Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, and Empress) for distinguished service, but died soon after at the age of sixty.
太政大臣を辞した兼香には前代の功労者として准三宮が与えられるが、間もなく60歳で病没した。