Having a strong matrimonial relationship with the Hosokawa family, as Sukeyoshi was in possession of various items including Kikigaki (account of what one hears) and Kirigami (documents described on a simple piece of folded paper) that Yusai HOSOKAWA gave him instruction on, was ordered to give them to the retired emperor as gifts.
また、細川家と深い姻戚関係にあり、細川幽斎より伝授された聞書・切紙等を伝領していたので、上皇より伝授されたそれらを進上するように命じられた。