During the race for successor after Iesada, she belonged to the Nanki group (group supporting Yoshitomi from the Kisyu-TOKUGAWA family) and,together with Takiyama, Honjuin and others, supported Yoshitomi TOKUGAWA (who later on was called Iemochi TOKUGAWA), the lord of the Kii domain, to be the 14th generation General.
家定の後継者争いでは南紀派に属し、瀧山、本寿院らと共に14代将軍に紀伊藩主・徳川慶福（後の徳川家茂）を推した。