[1] In 1600, Yoshitaka and his son Kuroda Nagamasa took part in the Sekigahara Campaign on the side of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Kuroda Yoshitaka and his son Nagamasa supported Ieyasu in combat,[1] and were rewarded for their service with a transfer to the Fukuoka Domain, rated at 520,000 koku of land.

Kuroda Nagamasa's 3rd son Nagaoki founded the first; he was given 50,000 koku of land which became the Akizuki Domain.

[3] Nagamasa's fourth son Takamasa founded the second; he was given 40,000 koku of land which became the Tōren-ji Domain.

18,000 men under Kuroda Tadayuki assisted in laying siege to Hara Castle.