He participated in the Bunroku-Keicho War, and as when the Japanese army withdrew from the battlefield, the potters such as Sanpei RI were brought from Chosen (Korea) together, he looked after them and made them establish the origin of the Arita ware.
文禄・慶長の役に参加、その引き揚げの時、朝鮮から同行した陶工の李参平らを多久で預かり、有田焼の源流を作った。