Following the battle, under orders from Ieyasu he bore a note from Ieyasu to the Toyotomi clan, in which Ieyasu declared, 'I bear no animosity towards the Toyotomi clan' after which he remained in Osaka and did not return to Edo.
戦後、家康の命で「豊臣氏への敵意なし」という家康の書簡をもって豊臣家への使者を務めた後、江戸に戻らずそのまま大坂に残った。