 This left Ichinoseki without a ruler.Initially, Date Kunishige from a junior branch of the Date clan was proposed, but this was strongly opposed by the domain leadership, and Tamura Kuniyoshi, the son of a Date clan "hatamoto" Ishikawa Yoshimitsu was selected instead.However, Yukiaki died at the age of 18 at the Date clan's Edo residence, and thus did not become "daimyō" of Sendai.