Additionally, Tadazane is defended with the statement that although he made his older brother Tadamichi surrender to Yorinaga his position as the head of the clan, it was based on the love between a father and a son and cannot be criticized.
また、忠実についても、兄の忠通から頼長に氏の長者を禅譲させたことについても親子の愛情によるものであるから批判することはできないと庇う。