Kodaiin of the head family of TOYOTOMI adopted her nephew's son and made him call himself 'Toshitsugu HASHIBA,' appointing him as the successor to shashoku (the reign) of the family.
また豊臣宗家の高台院自身も晩年に養子をとり、甥を「羽柴利次」と名乗らせ社稷を継承する者とした。