His children are Yugiri (mother, Aoi no Ue), Emperor Reizei (mother, Empress Fujitsubo, considered a son of Kiritsubo no Mikado) and Empress Akashi (Empress of Kinjo no Mikado's (The Tale of Genji) mother, Lady Akashi).
子は、夕霧（母は葵の上）、冷泉帝（母は藤壺中宮、表向きは桐壺帝の子）、明石中宮（今上帝(源氏物語)の中宮。母は明石の御方）。