He was assigned along with Nobunaga's administrative officers and close associates, Yukan MATSUI, Sekian TAKEI, Mitsuhide AKECHI, and Naomasa BAN, "all the official affairs concerning Kyoto under the Oda administration," including maintenance of the security of Kyoto; negotiation with the Imperial Court, lords, temples, and shrines; repairment of the gosho (palace); entertainment of envoys; and preparation of Oda's Kyoto Umazoroe (military parade).
松井友閑や武井夕庵、明智光秀、塙直政らの信長の行政官僚側近らと共に、京都の治安維持や朝廷・貴族・各寺社との交渉、御所の修復、使者の接待、信長の京都馬揃えの準備など、およそ“織田政権下における、京都に関する行政の全て”を任されている。