In addition, according to an observation, both Ando families were positioned in the family rank entitled yakata (an honorific title) within the Muromachi bakufu's daimyo (feudal lords) policy in Ou Province, as being used in order to maintain the feudal order of the region.
更に、室町幕府の奥羽大名施策において、両安東氏を屋形を称する家柄として秩序立てていたとする見解もある。