(Motonari's appointment as Mutsu no Kami [Governor of Mutsu] and that of Takamoto as Aki no Kami [Governor of Aki Province] were made possible by their appeal to the central government around this time.)
（同時期の元就の陸奥守就任、隆元の安芸守護就任などは全てこれら中央政界に対する工作が背景にある。)