However, when he had passed the age of 40 years he his wives gave birth to sons, whereupon he renounced the adoption of Yorinaga so as to pass the posts along to his real sons.
だが、40歳を過ぎてから次々と男子に恵まれるようになった忠通が実子に家を譲るために頼長との縁組を破棄したのである。