Motokuni was the first Hatakeyama to become a shogunal deputy, and since the Hatakeyama clan later became the so-called Sankanrei ke (three clans whose member was eligible to be shogunal deputy) in the Muromachi period, Motokuni is called the father of the Hatakeyama clan's resurgence.
基国は畠山氏で初めて管領となった人物であり、室町時代に畠山氏が三管領家となった事から、畠山氏の中興の祖と言われている。