Thereafter, the position of "Genji choja" was seized for political reasons by the Tokugawa clan, whose origin was questionable to leave a doubt as to whether the Tokugawa clan was truly descended from the Minamoto clan, and "Genji choja" was not returned to the legitimate successor Koga family since then until the Meiji Restoration.
なおこの後、源氏長者の座は本当に源氏の血筋を引いているのかどうかすらも怪しい出自の徳川氏に政治的理由で奪われ、以降明治維新まで源氏長者は正統な後継者である久我家に戻らなかった。