He did not see the child born (Masayuki HOSHINA) at all, gave the child to the Hoshina family as its heir and did not acknowledge Masayuki as his own biological child in Oe's lifetime.
生まれた子供（保科正之）にも一切面会せず、そのまま保科家に養子に出し、江の存命中は正之を実子として認知することもなかった。