Takamochi did not return to Kyoto after he served out his term, and his sons Kunika filled the post of Hitachi no daijo (Senior Secretary of Hitachi Province) and Yoshimasa of Chinju-fu shogun (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North).
そして任期が過ぎても帰京せず、国香は常陸大掾、良将は鎮守府将軍を勤めるなどした。