Moreover, you have no children and I want you to have many heirs,' Michinaga rebuked and forced Yorimichi into the marriage but before long, Yorimichi fell seriously ill, and the wedding was instructed to be halted when, as a result of faith healing and exorcism, the ghost of Prince Tomohira emerged.
しかも子がないのだから、広く継嗣を求めよ」と叱咤して無理強いに縁組しようとさせたが、やがて頼通は重病となり、加持調伏の結果、具平親王の怨霊が出たため、この結婚は止み沙汰になったという。