However, since Yasutada was a good speaker as well as assertive and brave, he garnered the attention of the shogun Ienari TOKUGAWA and was appointed to the Magistrate of Temples and Shrines as an exception in 1791.
しかし安董は弁舌がさわやかで、押し出しも良く男ぶりも良かったといわれ、これが征夷大将軍徳川家斉の目にとまり、異例のことながら寛政3年（1791年）、寺社奉行に登用された。