At the time of the Battle of Sekigahara, he was asked to join an army by Mitsunari ISHIDA on the condition that 'if you join an army as a general of the front side of the north provinces, I will make realize the revival of the Rokkaku family and approve it as a main domain' as well as to later give him all troops in the Omi Province, but he refused.
関ヶ原の戦いにおいては、近江の地盤固め策としてか、石田三成より「北国表の大将として参陣すれば、六角家の再興を叶えて本領を安堵する」との条件、後には近江一国の軍勢をすべてつけるという条件で誘われたが、これを拒絶する。