He was the ancestor of the Nakamikado line of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan, and his descendants gave birth to nine Tosho-ke (the hereditary families of high-ranking court nobles), including the Nakamikado family (also called the Matsunoki family) and the Jimyoin family.
中御門流の祖であり、子孫からは中御門家（松木家）・持明院家を始めとして、9家の堂上家（羽林家）を出した。