When the Western Army lost at Sekigahara, he and Nobuyuki SANADA, his daughter's husband, begged for the lives of Masayuki SANADA and his son Nobushige SANADA, who had taken sides with the Western Army.
関ヶ原において西軍が敗戦した際、それに与した真田昌幸・真田信繁親子の助命を娘婿の真田信之と共に嘆願した。