To carry on a `myoseki` family or business/artistic name, recipients are obliged to assume the entire debts of the Myoseki holder (meaning the individual inherits the money lender relationships from the original Myoseki `name` holder).
名跡を継ぐためには名跡所有者の借金の全額を肩代わりすることが必要となる（借金の貸主を名跡所有者から引き継ぐことと同義）。