After Hideyoshi died, according to the tradition of the Nose clan, Yoritsugu, who had hidden himself for a long time, is said to have been called by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA through his younger brother Priest Kongo-in at To-ji Temple, and small scale as it was, he revived the Nose clan in 1599.
秀吉の没後、能勢氏の伝承によると長年雌伏していた頼次は弟である東寺の僧金剛院(僧)を介して徳川家康に召し出されたとされ、慶長4年（1599年）に能勢氏を小規模ながら再興する。