Furthermore, when it comes to a matter of his successor, a party who supported Tsunasada KUTSUKI, Taneharu's adopted son, confronted Totsuna who wanted to support his own son, but Totsuna, as originally adopted from the Ogyu Matsudaira family, had no supportes and accepted to adopt Tsunasada.
さらに後継者問題でも、稙治の養子だった朽木綱貞を擁立する一派と自らの子を擁立したい玄綱が対立し、もともと大給松平家から養子として入った玄綱には後ろ盾が無く、綱貞を養子に迎えている。