Kanbe was the person whom Hideyoshi and Katsuie SHIBATA had wanted and offered a fief of 20,000 koku, but he responded by saying, "I will not serve for less than 100,000 koku," and rejected their offers.
勘兵衛は秀吉や柴田勝家から2万石の誘いを受けても「10万石でなければ仕える気はない」と断っていたほどの人物であった。