 Also, Shōgun Tokugawa Iemochi granted him a "kanji" from his name, which then became Matsudaira Mochiaki.Uni 1864, his court rank became Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade.However, he most mostly a figurehead within Fukui Domain, as the retired Matsudaira Yoshinaga continued to exert much influence, and all of the powerful retainers of the domain, including Yuri Kimimasa, Yokoi Shōnan, etc.