This is how Nabematsu changed his name into Ietsugu, received an appointment as shogun, and became the seventh shogun on April 2, 1713, after Ienobu's death.
こうして家宣没後の正徳3年（1713年）4月2日、鍋松は家継と改名し、将軍宣下を受けて第7代将軍に就任した。