However, unlike Michinaga, who had implemented a 'One household, three empresses' policy, Yorimichi was not blessed with any daughters and so, using his wife's connections, he adopted Prince Atsuyasu's daughter, FUJIWARA no Genshi, and had her made consort of Emperor Gosuzaku.
だが「一家三立后」を実現した道長と異なり、頼通は子女に恵まれず、やむなく正妻隆姫の縁で敦康親王の娘の藤原嫄子を養女として後朱雀天皇に入内させて中宮となした。