Because the lord Yoshinobu SATAKE was unwilling to join the Eastern Camp in the Battle of Sekigahara of 1600, the territory of Satake was diminished from the Hitachi Province with 545,000 koku crop yields to the Dewa Province with 205,000 koku crop yields due to the postwar treatment and accordingly Yorihisa followed his master family and was transferred to Akita.
慶長5年（1600年）の関ヶ原の戦いで、主君佐竹義宣が東軍参加を渋ったことから、戦後処理で常陸国54万5000石から出羽国20万5000石に減封されるに伴い、頼久も主家に従い、秋田に転籍した。