Secondly, Susumu ISHII in "Kizoku to Onaji Shoen-ryoke ka" (The formation of Shoen-ryoke (A lord who is donated with "Shoen" estates) same as the aristocrats) and Motohisa YASUDA in "Jokyu Kizoku-tachi to onajiyouni Shoen-ryoshu (Shoen-ryoke)" (Shoen-ryoshu same as high aristocrats) claimed Yoshiie was in the top rank of manor owners.
ふたつめは、「貴族と同じ荘園領家化」（石井進）、「上級貴族達と同じように荘園領主」（安田元久）と、荘園支配の階層の最上位に義家がなっていったとみなしていることである。