When Mitsuhide defeated Hideharu HATANO in 1579 and Tanba was ceded to Nobunaga ODA, Nobunaga gave him Sakamoto-jo Castle in Omi Province and the whole of Tanba Province for his military achievement.
天正7年（1579年）に波多野秀治が討たれて丹波が織田領になると、その功績により光秀は信長より近江国坂本城と丹波1国の領有を許された。