Motozane KONOE, the first son of FUJIWARA no Tadamichi and the founder of the Konoe family, was born when his father FUJIWARA no Tadamichi was over forty years old, and succeeded Uji Choja (the chief of the clan) and Kanpaku, but died at the age of twenty-four.
近衛家の祖である近衛基実は藤原忠通が40歳を過ぎてから生まれた長男で、若くして氏長者となり、関白に任じられたが、24歳の若さで他界した。