Under Toyotomi's government, he won the confidence of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, and it is commonly viewed that he was appointed a member of the Gotairo (Council of Five Elders) in the Bunroku era.
豊臣政権下では、豊臣秀吉の信任を受け、通説では文禄年間に五大老の一人に任じられたとされている。