However, because the shogun, Hidetada, was the father-in-law of Hideyori, Ieyasu requested Hideyori to come to Kyoto on the pretext that 'Hideyori comes to greet his father-in-law,' and at last succeeded in making Hideyori come to Kyoto, with persuasions by Kiyomasa KATO and others as well.
しかしながら、将軍・秀忠は秀頼の義父である関係からあくまで「義父への挨拶」という名目で上洛を要請し、加藤清正等の説得もあって、ついには秀頼を上洛させることに成功した。