During the Yoshimune government, along with Tadataka SAKAI and Nagashige OGASAWARA, he was regarded as an iro (old retainer) and a character of great intelligence of the previous shogun, and received treatment like roju, and was often invited to the Edo-jo Castle.
吉宗政権時には、酒井忠挙、小笠原長重と共に先代の遺老、学識豊かな人物として老中なみの待遇を受け、江戸城にもしばしば召し出されている。