However, since Takatsugu's service of riveting the 15,000 solders of the West squad to Otsu-jo Castle was notable, Ieyasu TOKUGAWA sent for him after the war and gave him Wakasa Province as his territory with the ownership of Obama-jo Castle and the increased stipend of 82,000 koku (approximately 14.8 million liters of crop).
しかし、西軍1万5000を大津城に釘付けにした功績は大きく、戦後、徳川家康は高次を召しだし、若狭国小浜城(若狭国)8万2000石に加増転封させた。