Though the lands under his administration in Kitsuregawa amounted to no more than 5,000 koku, in light of the great achievements of the noble family of the Ashikaga from which he was descended, he was accorded the status of a Daimyo family (feudal lord family) of the fourth rank or higher by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, who founded of the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), and provided with a stipend equivalent to 100,000 koku or more.
喜連川藩の知行地はわずか5000石弱に過ぎなかったが、江戸幕府を開いた徳川家康から足利氏の名族としての伝統を重んじられ、10万石並の四品以上に昇進する大名家一覧大名の待遇を受けた。