At that time, Toyokuni YAMANA was subordinated to the Mori clan, and Toyokuni's wife and a daughter Akane, and other vassals including senior vassals, Michihiro MORISHITA and Harutsugu NAKAMURA, more than 20 others were detained as hostages of the Mori clan in Shikano-jo Castle.
当時、山名豊国は毛利氏に従属しており、鹿野城には毛利の人質として妻や娘のあかね他、重臣の森下道裕・中村春次ら家臣達二十余人が収容されていた。