However, Prince Atsuakira was not related to Michinaga through maternal relatives, and the family of his mother, Seishi, did not back him up and the Prince's father-in-law was Akimitsu, Udaijin, but he did not have much respect and was completely unreliable.
だが、敦明親王と道長には外戚関係がなく、母の娍子の生家は後ろ盾にならず親王の舅は右大臣顕光だが、人望がなくまるで頼りにならなかった。