In 1595, when Shigekore was ordered to commit suicide by being implicated with Hidetsugu and Yoshinobu forfeited his position and properties (Kaieki), he became a vassal of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI and was given ten thousand koku in Kitakata, Mino Province and Echizen Province, and a position of the castellan of Kitakata-jo Castle.
文禄4年（1595年）、秀次に連座して重茲が自刃を命ぜられ改易となると、豊臣秀吉の家臣となり、美濃国北方、越前国内で1万石を拝領し、北方城主となる。