However, Sadaie's line, the Mikohidari line, which had only remote connection with the main branch and could not produce In no Kinshin (the retired Emperor's courtier), was less successful than other branch lines of the Mido linage (the Nakamikado line and the Kazanin line).
だが、摂関家の嫡流から遠く、院近臣を輩出できなかった定家の御子左流は他の御堂流庶流（中御門流や花山院流）と比較して不振であった。