Also, some people think that he succeeded his father as the head of the family, but this story is highly unlikely because his father Geni was involved in the Toyotomi government as one of the Gobugyo (Five Major Magistrates) just before Hideyoshi passed away.
また、父から家督を譲られたという説があるが、父の玄以は秀吉死去の寸前に五奉行として豊臣政権に参与していることから、これは考えにくい。