In 1601, upon the invitation of Tadaoki HOSOKAWA, he became Tadaoki's sado (person in charge of the tea ceremony) and was bestowed three hundred koku in Misaki, Buzen Province.
慶長6年（1601年）、細川忠興に招かれ、茶頭となり、豊前国水崎で三百石を拝領する。