However, Motohide was a controversial figure because he frequently acted according to his dogmatic judgment; for example, he threw the family into an uproar by ordering his own younger brother Ukon MIYAKE (the second son of Tokuro MIYAKE, the ninth) to leave the school, and he not only made his oldest daughter Junko and his second daughter Shoko Kyogen performers after overwhelming the opposition from people close to him, but also let Shoko assume the title of Tokuro MIYAKE, the 10th.
しかし、実弟の三宅右近（9世三宅藤九郎の次男）に対して破門騒ぎを起こしたり、周囲の反対を押し切って長女・淳子と次女・祥子を狂言師とした上、祥子に10世・三宅藤九郎を継がせたりと、独断専横が目立ち、とかく問題の多い人物であった。