It is understood that Takakuni intended to employ him, but the bereaved family of Hisaharu HOSOKAWA who had been killed by Yukinaga required his execution, and so Takakuni reconsidered.
高国は之長を用いようとしたが、かつて之長が殺した細川尚春の遺族が処刑を要求したため、高国も思い直したとされる。