In the same year, Masamitsu, Otsudojimaru's uncle and guardian, died of illness; thus, Shugodai Kiyonao TAGA and Munenao TAGA, father and son, aided Otsudojimaru.
同年に後見役だった叔父・政光が病死し、守護代の多賀清直・宗直父子が乙童子丸を補佐する。