Although Yorikane is said to have been incapable, he showed his competence: he was appointed as sojaban (an official in charge of the ceremonies) in 1747 while in the domain, he set up the complaints box and built an astronomical observatory in tenshu (main keep or tower of a castle), etc..
頼錦は無能と言われているが、延享4年（1747年）奏者番に任じられ、藩政では目安箱を設置したり、天守に天文台を建設したりなど、それなりの手腕は見せている。