After the Battle of the Sekigahara the Ukita family's status and territory were taken as a punishment, and Hideie fled to Mt. Ibuki, before he disguised himself and escaped with the help of Yoshihiro SHIMAZU of Satsuma Province, and then was sheltered in Ushinego (present Tarumi City, Kagoshima Prefecture).
関ヶ原の後、宇喜多家は家康によって改易されたが、秀家は伊吹山中に逃れた後、変装して薩摩国の島津義弘を頼って落ち延び、牛根郷（現在の鹿児島県垂水市）に匿われた。