After the death of Nobunaga, Sokyu served Hideyoshi HASHIBA (later Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI) as one of his Ohanashi-shu (collocutors of the Lord) which included Soan MOZUYA and Somu SUMIYOSHIYA of Sakai.
信長の死後には羽柴秀吉（後の豊臣秀吉）にも仕え、堺の万台屋宗安、住吉屋宗無とともに秀吉の御咄衆を務めた。