In exchange for performing the greatest military exploits in the Battle of Sekigahara, he was granted the Fukuoka Domain of Chikuzen Province, which yielded 523,000 koku in rice, and became its first lord.
関ヶ原の戦いで一番の武功を挙げたことから、筑前福岡藩52万3000石高を与えられ、その初代藩主となった。