Although he attacked Tottori-jo Castle after the Battle of Sekigahara, it was a strong fortress with which Hideyoshi had struggled, and it was hard to fall, and he finally made the castle fall by having Masahiro SAIMURA, the lord of Takeda-jo Castle in Tajima Province of the Western army, switch sides, and setting fire to the castle town.
関ヶ原後には鳥取城を攻撃するが、秀吉も苦戦した堅城であった為なかなか陥落せず、西軍の但馬国竹田城主・斎村政広を寝返らせて、更に城下の焼き討ちによってようやく落城させた。