Trusted personnel such as Hidekatsu HASHIBA (or Otsugi, the fourth son of Nobunaga ODA), Hidekatsu TOYOTOMI (小吉, a nephew of Hideyoshi), Hideaki KOBAYAKAWA, Geni MAEDA, and Nagamori OKABE were designated as lords of Tanba Kameyama-jo Castle under the Toyotomi Shogunate and the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) after the demise of Akechi: Kameoka played an active role as the entrance to the northwestern region of Kyoto.
明智滅亡後も豊臣政権・江戸幕府下において丹波亀山城には羽柴秀勝（於次、織田信長四男）、豊臣秀勝（小吉、秀吉の甥）、小早川秀秋、前田玄以・岡部長盛ら信任ある人間が配置されるなど京都の西北の入り口として重要視され続けた。