 Then both visited Hideyoshi to justify each of their opinions.Consequently, Hideyoshi asked for kanpuku position instead of sadaijin which the court had originally meant to give him.For enabling this appointment, since only males of Sekke was considered to be eligible to kanpaku position, Hideyoshi also asked for adoption to Konoe Sakihisa, the father of Nobutada and the contemporary family head of the Konoe, with a promise that Nobusuke would succeed to Hideyoshi as kanpaku.