Based on genealogies, at one time he controlled a territory of 20,000 koku (a volume measurement for rice), and after being granted the family name of Todo in 1607, he started identifying himself as Shikibu TODO.
系図によれば一時は2万石を拝領し、慶長12年（1607年）に藤堂姓を賜り、藤堂式部を名乗る。