However, after the Asano clan in the Ako clan was abolished due to the Ako Incident in the Genroku era, the site was officially confiscated by the bakufu, and villages including Hozumi became the territory of the Yagi clan, a Hatamoto.
しかしながら、元禄赤穂事件に伴う赤穂藩浅野氏の改易後、幕府に公収され、のちに穂積を含む村々が旗本八木氏の知行地となった。