He is not a daimyo, but he was recognized to be of the main branch of the Rokkaku clan in "Kansei Choshu Shokafu" (genealogies of vassals of the Edo bakufu [Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun] in the Kansei era), and he lived in Kyoto with the retainers attending on him.
大名ではなかったが、『寛政重修諸家譜』においても六角氏の嫡流として認められており、家臣を従え武士として京に暮らしていた。