However, the Toyotomi clan's official successor approved by the bakufu was Toshitsugu HASHIBA, the adoptive son that Kodai-in took in her late life (Toshitsugu's real father was said to be Toshifusa KINOSHITA, Hideaki KOBAYAKAWA's older brother).
しかし、幕府に認められた正式な豊臣氏の継承者は、高台院が晩年にむかえた養子の羽柴利次（実父は小早川秀秋の兄・木下利房）とされている。