FUJIWARA no Yoshitsugu and FUJIWARA no Momokawa, younger brothers of Hirotsugu, were successful in helping Emperor Konin to succeed Emperor Shotoku, and rose in the heart of the government instead of Dokyo and KIBI no Makibi.
広嗣の弟である藤原良継や藤原百川は称徳天皇の後継に光仁天皇を擁立することに成功し、道鏡・吉備真備に代わって政権の中枢に躍り出た。