For preventing the extinction, the Takatsukasa family adopted Atsunomiya, the fourth Prince of Imperial Prince Kaninnomiya Naohito; Atsunomiya called himself Sukehira TAKATSUKASA and inherited the Takatsukasa family.
これにより鷹司家は断絶の危機を迎えたが、養子に閑院宮直仁親王第四皇子の淳宮（鷹司輔平）を迎え、危機を免れた。