After he had worked as kaban (a person in charge of guard) at aoyaguchi gate of Osaka-jo Castle and Oban gashira (captains of the great guards), he was appointed as wakadoshiyori (a managerial position in the Edo bakufu) in 1788 to participate in the shogunate government in the period of Kansei Reforms.
大坂青屋口の加番や大番頭を務めた後の天明8年（1788年）、若年寄に任じられて寛政の改革期の幕政に参与した。