After the death of Hideyoshi, he became a retainer of the Tokugawa Clan and, due to his distinguished military service in the Battle of Sekigahara, became the lord of the Kumamoto Domain in Higo Province.
秀吉没後は徳川氏の家臣となり、関ヶ原の戦いの働きによって肥後熊本藩主となった。