However, Tsunanori TOKUGAWA of the Kishu Tokugawa family who married into Tsunayoshi's family as a husband of his beloved daughter Tsuruhime, was also considered to be a candidate for successor.
しかし、綱吉が溺愛する娘の鶴姫(徳川家)の聟となった紀州徳川家の徳川綱教もまた継嗣候補として目されていた。