When Mitsunari was promoted to the Go-bugyo (Five Commissioners) and transferred to Sawayama-jo Castle, Masatsugu was made, in 1595, a daimyo worth 30,000 koku in Omi Province.
三成が五奉行にまで出世し、佐和山城に封ぜられると、同時に正継も近江国内3万石の大名に取り立てられる（1595年）。