During the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) in 1579, when Mitsuhide AKECHI, Nobunaga ODA's vassal, was given the whole of Tanba Province, he entrusted this domain to one of his family members, Hidemitsu AKECHI.
戦国時代(日本)の天正7年（1579年）、織田信長の家臣であった明智光秀に丹波一国が与えられ、光秀は一族の明智秀満にこの地を任せた。