Kunikiyo was the first to be appointed as the Shugo of Kawachi Province among the Hatakeyama clan, so it can be said that the substantive founder of the Kawachi Hatakeyama clan was Kunikiyo.
畠山氏のうち、河内国の守護に任命されたのは国清が最初であり、河内畠山氏の実質的な祖は国清であるといえる。