The facts that the Miyoshi's government made the most use of the bakufu functions such as by taking control of the shogunate government by placing shogun as a puppet and by controlling daimyo by giving important roles in the government as honory positions clearly show it.
将軍を傀儡として幕政を牛耳り、幕府の要職を名誉職として全国の有力諸大名に与えることで諸大名を懐柔するなど、幕府機能を最大限に利用している点がそれを物語っている。