At the Incident of Hoko-ji Temple Bell, which triggered the Siege of Osaka in 1615, along with Masazumi HONDA and others, he proposed hard-line measures against the Court.
1615年（元和(日本)元年）の大坂の役の発端となった大坂の役方広寺鐘銘事件では、本多正純らと共に強硬策を上奏。