As a child of Okurakyo-no-tsubone, who had served as wet-nurse to Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI's concubine Yodo-dono (Lady Yodo), he served as Umamawarishu (bodyguard) with a stipend of 3,000 koku given from Hideyoshi.
豊臣秀吉の側室・淀殿の乳母である大蔵卿局の子に当たる関係から、秀吉に約3000石の馬廻衆として取り立てられた。