He participated in the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute when he was sixteen years old in 1584 and was awarded by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA for his fine achievements ('Kanei Shoka Keizuden' (The Genealogies of the Houses of the Kanei Era)).
天正12年（1584年）16才で小牧・長久手の戦いに参加、その功を徳川家康に賞せられる（「寛永諸家系図伝」）。