However, the family, backing its family head Tsugutomo TOKUGAWA, lost in the competition for the Shogun's position which had occurred after the death of the seventh Shogun Ietsugu TOKUGAWA, and ultimately Yoshimune TOKUGAWA from the Kishu Tokugawa family assumed the eighth Shogun.
しかし、七代将軍の徳川家継没後、徳川継友と将軍後継を争った末に、紀州徳川家出身の徳川吉宗が八代将軍に就任。