The fact that Yoshiie did not pass the zuryo-kokka-sadame, which was required to receive estates from the Imperial Court, for ten years was a norm and in accordance with policy back then, and Yoshiie was not the only one faced with this problem.
受領の勤務評定である受領功過定を10年も通らなかったのは当時の制度にそった処置であり、義家だけがそうであった訳ではない。