Therefore, for the fourth lord of the domain, Nobumasa WAKEBE (third son of Naganobu IKEDA, and ironically a nephew of Nagashige IKEDA) was adopted to be the heir from the Bitchu-Matsuyama clan which was a relative of Yoshitake's mother.
このため、第4代藩主として嘉高の母の縁戚に当たる備中松山藩から分部信政（池田長信の三男で、皮肉にも池田長重の甥に当たる）を養嗣子として迎えた。