| During the race for successor after Iesada, she belonged to the Nanki group (group supporting Yoshitomi from the Kisyu-TOKUGAWA family) and,together with Takiyama, Honjuin and others, supported Yoshitomi TOKUGAWA (who later on was called Iemochi TOKUGAWA), the lord of the Kii domain, to be the 14th generation General. |
家定の後継者争いでは南紀派に属し、瀧山、本寿院らと共に14代将軍に紀伊藩主・徳川慶福（後の徳川家茂）を推した。 |