As Akiteru wanted to make his biological son, Takemaru (later Tsunenori HONAMI), the heir to the reigns of the Kashuji family, confrontation was raised between him and some vassals who wanted one of the Tsunetoki's biological sons to be an heir to abide by the will left by Tsunenori who died in 1836.
顕彰は実子の孟丸（後の穂波経度）に家督を継がせたいとして考え、天保7年（1836年）の養父の死後も経則の遺志に従ってその子から後継者を選びたいとする家臣たちと対立した。