This event led to Kaneie's appointment to Kanpaku, but Kaneie let his son Michitaka take over the Kanpaku post 3 days after the appointment due to illness and entered the priesthood, and then he gave himself the Buddhist name Nyojitsu and lived in his villa Nijo-Kyogoku-dono Palace after renovating it into Hoko-in Temple until 2 months later, when he died of illness.
これを機に関白に任じられるも、わずか3日で病気を理由に嫡男・道隆に関白を譲って出家、如実と号して別邸の二条京極殿を「法興院」という寺院に改めて居住したが、その2ヶ月後に病没した。