After his father's retirement, he succeeded to the property to become the seventh lord on October 7, 1848, and was conferred and appointed for Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) and Bungo no kami (governor of Bungo Province) on December 16.
嘉永元年（1848年）10月7日、父の隠居で家督を継いで第7代藩主となり、12月16日に従五位下・豊後守に叙位・任官する。