For this reason, Yasutoshi WAKIZAKA, a younger brother of Masamori HOTTA who was one of the favorite retainers of Seiitaishogun Iemitsu TOKUGAWA (commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians), was adopted by Yasumoto and then became his legitimate child.
このため、征夷大将軍徳川家光の寵臣であった堀田正盛の弟・脇坂安利が養子に迎えられ、代わって嫡子となった。