By the time he succeeded to the family, a senior vassal, Hisahide MATSUNAGA, and Miyoshi Triumvirate had already had the power which surpassed that of the head family, and so Yoshitsugu was no more than their puppet.
家督相続時、既に重臣の松永久秀や三好三人衆が主家を凌駕する実力を保持していて、義継は彼らの傀儡に過ぎなかった。