He was so eager to gain the benefit from marriage of convenience that he married off his two daughters to two heads of Sekke (line of regents and advisers), Fusasuke TAKATSUKASA and Kaneteru ICHIJO, respectively, but he died young at the age of 34 while he was serving as Sangi (councilor).
娘を鷹司房輔・一条兼輝の2人の摂家当主に嫁がせるなど政略結婚に力を入れたが、参議在任中に34歳の若さで病死した。