After the downfall of the Muromachi bakufu, rulers of the whole country used the yakata-go titles for giving preferential treatment to daimyo, as in the case of Nobunaga ODA who authorized the Daihoji clan to hold a title of yakata-go since, as recorded, he had conferred the title on Yoshiuji DAIHOJI in response to his presentation of a falcon to Nobunaga, though Yoshiuji was reportedly so rude that he was called mal-yakata since then.
室町幕府滅亡後は、織田信長が大宝寺氏に屋形号を免許するなどしており、天下人の大名優遇策として用いられ、織田信長が鷹を献上してきた返礼として大宝寺義氏に対して屋形号を授けたことが記録されている(義氏は粗暴のため、これを機に悪屋形と呼ばれたという)。