In 1623, when his brother Tadanao was forced to withdraw from the family head and exiled to the Bungo Province due to his misconduct and his quarrels with Hidetada TOKUGAWA, Naomasa changed the territory with additional properties of 50,000 koku in Echizen-Ono.
元和9年（1623年）、兄の忠直が乱行や徳川秀忠との不仲から家督の座から隠退させられて豊後国に配流されると、直政は越前大野5万石に加増移封された。