In addition to his father's accidental death, however, Yoshishige developed an interest in Christianity and admitted missionaries including Francis XAVIER and the belief of Christianity into the territory of the Otomo family.
しかし父の不慮の死、さらに義鎮がキリスト教に関心を示してフランシスコ・ザビエルら宣教師に大友領内でのキリスト教信仰を許可した。