He arranged a marriage for Kagetaka with a younger sister of Shigehira (later Toita no Okata), and merged the Numata- and Takehara-Kobayakawa clans by having Kagetaka took over the Numata-Kobayakawa clan as head of the family.
そして隆景を繁平の妹（後の問田の大方）に娶せ、沼田小早川氏を乗っ取る形で家督を継がせることで、沼田・竹原の両小早川氏を統合する。