Because both families were descendents of Nobunaga, they received preferential treatment like landed daimyo though they had small domains, until they were involved in Uda Disturbance and the Meiwa Incident in the middle of Edo period.
両家ともに信長の末裔ということで、小藩でありながら江戸時代中期の宇陀崩れや明和事件に巻き込まれるまでは幕府から国主並の優遇を受けた。