He started to serve Mitsumasa IKEDA on April 10, 1662 and became kumishita (who serves under powerful military commander) of Yataro Yamada with an annual stipend of thirty bales for three people (three hundred koku [crop yields], later three hundred and fifty koku, holding various posts such as kachigashira [leader of the group walking first place in line and guarding streets for the shogun] and Ometsuke [chief inspector of the Edo shogunate]).
寛文2年（1662年）2月22日に池田光政に仕官し、三十俵三人扶持で山田弥太郎（300石のち350石、徒頭・大目付などを歴任）の組下となる。