He inherited the line of the Iwakura family and was conferred to a peerage as well, but he adopted his younger brother, Noritomo IWAKURA, as his son, and had Noritomo inherited the family line and then started his retired and quiet life.
岩倉家の家督を継ぎ、叙爵もしていたが、すぐに弟乗具を養子として家督を譲って隠居した。