Naomasa was given the 180,000 koku crop yield Sawayama, Omi Province after the Battle of Sekigahara, however, this did not satisfy him because Sawayama was a former territory of Mitsunari ISHIDA, whom Naomasa disliked, so he asked Ieyasu to allow him to Takasaki, Kozuke Province.
関ヶ原の戦いの後、直政は近江国佐和山18万石を与えられたが、自分が嫌っていた石田三成の旧領であったため、直政自身はあまり納得しておらず、家康に上野国高崎に戻してもらうように頼んだという。