Through his investiture which had already become nominal by then, he nevertheless demonstrated to the other lords in Aki Province that he had the backing of both the imperial court and the Ouchi clan.
当時は形骸化していたとは言え、官位を得ることによって安芸国内の他の領主に対して朝廷・大内氏双方の後ろ盾があることを示した。