As Kawachi no kami, Yoshitada was the governor of a Jogoku province, (the second highest of four classes of provinces), while Yoshichika, who was the more likely successor and who is believed to have risen through rebellion, was only Tsushima no kami, the governor of a Gekoku province (the lowest class of provinces).
義忠が上国の河内守であるのに、今まで家督に最も近いのに謀反を起したとされていた義親は下国の対馬国でしかなかった。