His daughters included Kawakami no irazume (the Queen of Emperor Sushun), Hotei no irazume (the Queen of Prince Tamura) and Tojiko no irazume (Prince Shotoku's wife), and these relationships enabled him to exercise political power as a maternal relative of the imperial family.
また、娘に河上娘（崇峻天皇妃）、法提郎女（田村皇子妃）、刀自古郎女（とじこのいらつめ）（聖徳太子妃）など、外戚となって権力をふるった。