In the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583, he distinguished himself by defeating Masakuni YAMAJI, the enemy general, for which Hideyoshi gave him a territory of 3,000 koku in crop yields as one of the Shizugatake-no-shichihon-yari.
天正11年（1583年）の賤ヶ岳の戦いでは敵将・山路正国を討ち取るという武功を挙げ、秀吉より「賤ヶ岳の七本槍」の一人として3,000石の所領を与えられた。