However, within that year, Sukemasa had overthrown Sadanori, grasped control of the Kohoku region, and then proceeded to invite Takakiyo and his eldest son Takahiro to a banquet at Kyogokumaru within his castle abode at Kotani Castle.
しかしその年内には、貞則を下して江北の覇権を手にした亮政に、その居城である小谷城の京極丸へ、長男の高広と共に招かれ饗応される。