On June 9, 1565, he was given a letter '義' from the name of the 13th Shogun Yoshiteru (義輝) ASHIKAGA and renamed himself Yoshishige (義重), and also was appointed to Sakyo no Daibu (the chief of the public office which supervised the east half of Kyoto) by Yoshiteru's suggestion to the Emperor.
永禄8年（1565年）5月1日、室町幕府第13代将軍・足利義輝から「義」の字を賜って義重と改名し、さらに義輝の奏請により左京大夫に任官された。