He served either Hidenaga TOYOTOMI or his adopted son Hideyasu TOYOTOMI however, in April 1594 Hideyasu unexpectedly passed away and he became a direct retainer of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI whereupon he received a 17,000 koku estate in Yamato Province (also thought by some to have been in Harima Province).
豊臣秀長および、養子豊臣秀保に仕えたが、文禄3年（1594年）4月、秀保がにわかに没したのちに豊臣秀吉の直参となり、大和国内（播磨国内という説もあり）にて17000石を領する。