In the same year, when Koretada resigned from this post due to a serious illness, Kaneie wished to become a Kanpaku, but Kanemichi presented the will of FUJIWARA no Anshi, who was the biological mother of Emperor Enyu, that 'the kanpaku post must be given in order of age among the brothers.'
同年、伊尹が重病で辞表を提出すると、兼家は関白を望んだが、兼通は「関白は、宜しく兄弟相及ぶべし（順番に）」との円融天皇の生母藤原安子の遺言を献じた。