Kaneie's first son FUJIWARA no Michitaka took Kaneie's place and even though for a while he acted with absolute authority such as there being no opening as empress but forcibly making his daughter FUJIWARA no Teishi as Empress, he died in 995, and his heir Michikane died about one month after Michitaka, leaving Michitaka's heir, FUJIWARA no Korechika and Kaneie's fourth son FUJIWARA no Michinaga to fight over the position of family head.
兼家の跡は長男藤原道隆が継ぎ、娘藤原定子を后位に空席がないにもかかわらず強引に皇后に立てるなど、一時は強力な権力を振るったが、長徳元年（995年）に病死、跡を継いだ道兼も道隆に1ヶ月ほど遅れて病死し、道隆の嫡男藤原伊周と兼家の四男藤原道長が跡目を争った。