On June 6 of the same year, he handed over the post of Shurishiki (an official in the Office of Palace Repairs) to his legitimate grandson, Kazuharu KUWAYAMA, and governed only properties yielding 10000-koku as a result of distributing properties yielding 20,000 koku and 10,000 koku to Kazuharu, and to the second son, Motoharu KUWAYAMA, respectively.
同年5月11日に修理職の官位を嫡孫の桑山一晴に譲り、一晴に2万石、次男の桑山元晴に1万石を分与し、重晴は1万石のみを治めた。