It shows the fact that the Rokkaku clan, the great family who had ruled the Omi Province (Hidetsugu's territory) for a long time, still held great power there and hoped to restore the family estate by aggressively promoting marriages between Hidetsugu.
秀次の領国近江を長い間支配した名族にしていまだ近江に影響力を持つ、御家再興を願う六角氏と秀次が、積極的に縁組をしようとした事実が窺える。