And there are theories that Tenkai was Mitsuharu AKECHI, a cousin of Mitsuhide, or Hidemitsu AKECHI, an adopted son-in-law who was reported to have killed himself in Sakamoto-jo Castle after the Battle of Yamasaki or to have escaped over Lake Biwa on horseback.
ここから光秀の従弟とされる明智光春、あるいは本能寺の変で先鋒を務め、山崎の合戦の敗戦後に坂本城で自害したとも琵琶湖の湖上を馬で越えて逃亡したとも伝わる娘婿の明智秀満（旧名：三宅弥平次）とする説がある。