Soon after that, the younger brother of Mikinosuke became the heir to the Miyamoto family, and in the same year Musashi adopted Sadatsugu MIYAMOTO, the second son of Hisamitsu TABARU (one of the strong governors of Harima Province); Sadatsugu called himself Iori, and by order of Musashi, he served the lord of Akashi-jo Castle, Tadazane OGASAWARA.
宮本家は三木之助の実弟が後を継ぎその後も存続したが、同じ年に播磨の地侍田原久光の次男宮本貞次を新たに養子とし、宮本伊織貞次として明石城主小笠原忠真に出仕させている。