Takakiyo was granted the reigns of the family (the Kyogoku clan's soryo-shiki, clan leadership rights) by Shogun Yoshitane ASHIKAGA in 1492, and he returned to the Kita Omi Province in the following year.
将軍・足利義稙から、1492年（明応元年）に家督（京極氏惣領職）を認められ、翌年に高清は北近江に復帰する。