Motonobu encountered the Coup of Meio soon after his family inheritance, but after this he deepened the ties with the Hosokawa-keicho family and helped to bring the Wakasa Takeda family to prosperity.
元信は家督継承してまもなく明応の政変に遭遇するが、それ以降も細川京兆家とのつながりを更に深め、若狭武田家を大繁栄させた。