In order to govern the Kokujin as a whole, he directed each of his competent brothers to manage the respective countries, and in his prime, was a daimyo (Japanese territorial lord) in the Sengoku period who even brought nine countries situated from Yamashiro through Iyo under his control.
優秀な弟たちにそれぞれの分国を支配させることで国人をまとめ上げ、最盛期には山城から伊予まで9カ国を支配下に置く戦国大名であった。