Yoshimitsu YANAGIWARA, who became a count by succeeding Sakimitsu, was an ambitious man, but his ambitions were thwarted by a series of scandals: the divorce of his younger sister, Akiko YANAGIWARA; an incident in which his daughter, Tokuko YOSHII, engaged in conduct that was unbecoming for someone of her station; and the emergence of suspicions that he was homosexual.
前光の後を嗣いで伯爵となった柳原義光は野心家であったが、妹・柳原白蓮（あきこ）の離婚騒動や娘・吉井徳子の不良華族事件、最後には自分自身にも同性愛疑惑が発覚した。