However, when Tatsuko KYOGOKU who used to be a wife of Motoaki TAKEDA and was a younger sister of Takatsugu became a concubine of Hideyoshi, Takatsugu was absolved of his sins and became a vassal of Hideyoshi.
しかし、かつて武田元明の妻であり、高次にとっては妹にあたる京極竜子が秀吉の側室となると罪を許されて秀吉の家臣となっていた。