However, having no daughters who could be the candidates for the Empress was a big disadvantage for Yorimichi and therefore, he later adopted Princess Genshi, a niece of Takahime (a daughter of her younger sister, the empress of Imperial Prince Atsuyasu) and sent her into court as Chugu (an empress consort) of Emperor Gosuzaku.
とはいえ、とりわけ后候補となる女子に恵まれなかったことは頼通にとっても痛手であり、後に隆姫の姪（妹敦康親王妃の娘）嫄子女王を養女に迎えて後朱雀天皇の中宮とした。