After he went through many merits, for example, he served under the 9th shogun Yoshihisa ASHIKAGA and the 10th shobun Yoshitane ASHIKAGA and served in a war as a military commissioner, he married Masamoto HOSOKAWA's younger sister Toshoin at Sakai camp.
第9代将軍・足利義尚、第10代将軍足利義稙にも仕え、軍奉行として従軍するなど勲功を重ね、明応2年（1493年）、堺に在陣中に細川政元の妹である洞松院を娶る。