After the suppression of Echizen, he was engaged in suppressing the Hokuriku region by fighting against the troops of the Uesugi clan with Narimasa and others as a yoriki of Katsuie, but because he also took part in the attack on Settsu Arioka-jo Castle (the Battle of Arioka-jo Castle) and the attack on Harima Miki-jo Castle (the Battle of Miki), it can be supposed that he continued to have a role like a direct retainer of Nobunaga.
越前平定後は、勝家与力として成政らと共に上杉軍と戦うなど北陸地方の平定に従事するが、信長の命により摂津有岡城攻め（有岡城の戦い）、播磨三木城攻め（三木合戦）にも参加しており、信長の直参的役割は続いていたものと思われる。