After Kaneie died in 990, the honin halls were inherited by Senshi and the nanin hall by FUJIWARA no Michitaka, his heir, who assumed the kanpaku (main assistant to an emperor) position.
正暦元年（990年）の兼家の死後、本院は詮子に南院は父の後を継いで関白となった嫡男藤原道隆に継承された。