Though the Rikyu family had scattered in all directions after SEN no Rikyu killed himself by the sword, they were pardoned by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI with the entreaty by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, Toshiie MAEDA, and others, and thereby Doan SEN, the fugitive legitimate son of Rikyu, returned to Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, and inherited the family estate (It is said that he was in hiding at the place of Arishige KANAMORI in Takayama City of Hida Province, or Awa Province.)
千利休自刃後利休の一族は各地に四散していたが、徳川家康や前田利家らの嘆願で豊臣秀吉に許され、逃亡していた（逃亡先は飛騨国高山市の金森可重説と阿波国説がある）利休の嫡男千道安が堺市へ帰郷し、家督を相続した。