Kanamori family came to its end of the line at the time of the seventh head of the family Tomonao, and the lineage of the head family was inherited by Naomasa TAGA (多賀直昌), who became a new head on recommendation.
7代知直の時に金森家は一時断絶となり、推挙により多賀直昌が宗家を継承することになった。