After Mitsutsuna's death, Mitsuyasu led the Akechis, and some say he participated in the battle between Yoshiryu and Dosan on the side of Dosan and died; others say he was adopted by the Akechi Toyama clan and changed his name to Kageyuki TOYAMA.
光綱の死後は明智家を率い、義龍と道三の争いに道三に与して殉したとも、明知遠山氏の養子となり遠山景行と改名したともいわれる。