Together with the Mikawa-Yamamoto clan (later, the chief retainer of the domain of Echigo-Nagaoka), he advised Nobushige YODA to surrender, and had him surrender the castle to Tadayo OKUBO.
三河山本氏（後に越後長岡藩家老）と共に依田信蕃に降伏勧告を行い、大久保忠世への城引渡しに応じさせた。