However, Masamitsu's future was not still promising, because Morosuke's elder brother was gripping power in the higher post as the Minister of the Left, and Kanemichi, who was the second son, had not been appointed a court noble at that time.
が、上席には兄の藤原実頼が左大臣として健在であり、また兼通も二男でありこの時点で公卿にもなっておらず、正光の将来は不透明であった。