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Updated: August 28, 2026

In other words, a man whose son had been adopted into another family might claim to be regarded as the head of that family in the event of the death of the foster-father. It is certain, however, that other and stronger reasons influenced the Bakufu prime minister. His most intimate friends were the shogun's father-in-law, Shimazu Ei-O, and Ikeda Isshinsai.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era