Then, following Yoshinaka KISO's invasion of and subsequent fall in Kyoto, Michichika took FUJIWARA (or TAKAKURA) no Noriko, who was a wet nurse of the new emperor, Emperor Gotoba, who was selected by the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, and then FUJIWARA no Ishi as his concubine, who was a elder sister of Moroie MATSUDONO, the former sessho (regent) and a concubine of Yoshinaka KISO.
その後、木曾義仲の入京と没落などを経て、後白河法皇が新たに立てた新帝後鳥羽天皇の乳母であった藤原（高倉）範子、続いて前摂政松殿師家の姉で木曾義仲の側室であった藤原伊子を側室に迎えている。