 Naritami was the lesser-known third candidate in the shogunal succession dispute of 1858 (the other two being Tokugawa Iemochi and Yoshinobu).In a rather curious turn of events, following his retirement, Naritami received a stupendously large pension of 10,000 "hyō" (俵; bales of rice) directly from the Bakufu; this is believed to have been because of his status as Ienari's son.Following the Meiji Restoration, Naritami became the guardian of the young Tokugawa Iesato, overseeing his education.