Yoshitane actively worked in the center of Bakufu like being appointed as the head of Kozamurai dokoro (an office of officers to guard Shogun in attendance), and was such an influential Daimyo as to be appointed as Shugo (provincial constable) of Wakasa Province and also Kaga Province.
義種は小侍所の頭人に任じられるなど幕府の中枢で活躍し、また若狭、加賀の各守護にも補任される有力な大名であった。