The word gokenin is mentioned in the Kansei Choshu Shokafu (genealogies of vassals in Edo bakufu), but it is difficult to think that he could not meet his nephew Tsunayoshi.
この御家人と言うのは寛政重修諸家譜にある記述だが、甥と叔父の関係にある綱吉とお目見えできない関係とは考えにくい。