On top of this, his nephew, the Retired Emperor Tsuchimikado was exiled and the empress, his sister-in-law, Tsushi, died of disease, leaving him without his political base.
その上に甥の土御門上皇の流刑、更にはその妃である義妹・通子の病死など、定通はその政治的基盤を失ってしまった。