OE no Chikahiro, the first son of Hiromoto, was dismissed from the important post of the bakufu after the Jokyu War, but it was before the Battle of Hoji, Suemitsu MORI, the fourth son, became hyojoshu (a member of Council of State) in the next year and Tadashige KAITO, the fifth son, became hyojoshu later.
承久の変の後であり、広元の長男・大江親広は既に幕府の要職から解任されているが、1247年（宝治元年）の宝治合戦の前であり、四男・毛利季光はその翌年に、五男・海東忠成もその後評定衆となる。