Judging from what he went through, it is hard to believe that he did not take any official rank or government post, but he called himself Tsunekuni Genta KAWACHI for life and, as a matter of fact, there is no description about his official rank or government post in historical materials.
おかれた立場から判断すると無位無官とは思えないが、自身は生涯、河内源太経国と称しており、官位や官職の記載は史料上確認できない。