While Nagayoshi MIYOSHI was alive the Matsunaga clan obediently followed their lord, but made accusations against him, pursued political rivals one after another, and after Nagayoshi's death achieved a partially independent position themselves as feudal daimyo centered around Yamato Province, were granted rank and status equal to that of their employer by the court and Shogunate, and eventually surpassed them.
松永氏は三好長慶存命中は従順に主君に従っていたが、主君に讒言し、政敵を次々と追い、長慶の死後、自身も大和国を中心とした戦国大名として半独立的地位を得、朝廷や幕府より主家と並ぶ位階や格式を与えられ、やがて主家を凌ぐようになった。