However, his father Asateru died of infectious disease in 995, five years after Michitaka, who was the eldest son of Kaneie and friendly with Asateru, became Kanpaku.
ところが、関白が兼家の長男で、朝光と仲の良い道隆に代わった5年後の長徳元年（995年）には、折からの流行病で、父の朝光が死去してしまう。