| Even after the reinstatement of their family status, Nioko was the second of three sisters and her father Ryoukei WAKAE was also adopted from the Nishikikoji family, which meant they had no male successors so they had to adopt children from other families to be the third, fourth, fifth, eighth, and ninth successors. |
更にその後も後継者たる男子に恵まれず、再興後も3、4、5、8、9代が他家から養子相続であり、薫子の父・若江量長も錦小路家からの養子で、薫子も3人姉妹（男兄弟は無し）の次女であった。 |