By the Edo period, it had become a custom for all the Imperial Families to enter into the priesthood who were not related according to Imperial succession or who were not one of the heredity Imperial Family members (the Fushiminomiya family, the Katsuranomiya family, the Arisugawanomiya family, the Kan innomiya family), there was no Shisei Imperial Family existing.
時代が下がり江戸時代になると皇位継承又は世襲親王家（伏見宮家・桂宮家・有栖川宮家・閑院宮家）相続と無関係の皇族は皆出家する慣例となり、賜姓皇族は現れなくなった。