Further, as Udaijin ONAKATOMI no Kiyomaro, a senior of the same clan, was his superior at that time, it is considered that the aim of Yoshitsugu's appointment was to enable him to preside over the job of Daijokan with Kiyomaro being at the top of Daijokan's hierarchy.
また、当時上役として同族の長老である右大臣大中臣清麻呂がおり、清麻呂を太政官の官位序列を筆頭としての地位を保持したままで良継に太政官の執政を掌らせる構想の上にあったと考えられている。