After succeeding as the head of the Kobayakawa clan, Hideaki sold out from the Western to the Eastern Camp in 1600 during the Battle of Sekigahara after Takakage died, which invited frowns of disgust.
小早川氏を継いだ秀秋は、隆景の死後、慶長5年（1600年）の「関ヶ原の戦い」で西軍から東軍に寝返って顰蹙を買った。