In the end, the successor problem was settled by Nariko KASHUJI (a daughter of Tsunehaya KASHUJI and a younger sister of Toshiaki BOJO), Naishi no Kami (Principal Handmaid) of Emperor Ninko, and others: Akomaru was adopted by the Honami family to become the heir and adopted Takemaru, and Inamaru was admitted as an heir to the Kashuji family in 1839 as he was conferred a peerage.
最終的に仁孝天皇の尚侍であった勧修寺徳子（勧修寺経逸の娘、坊城俊明の妹）らが間に入る形で、阿古丸を穂波家の養子として同家を継がせ、孟丸をその養子とすることとし、天保10年に稲丸が授爵されて後継者に定められた。