He was rapidly promoted to Daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) of the Yawata-jo Castle with 120,000 koku and was given preferential treatment, which might have been affected by his connection with Hideyoshi and Hidetsugu and the fact that his mother was a daughter of Nobuhiro ODA.
秀吉・秀次との縁故や母が織田信広の娘であったことが影響してか、早々に累進を重ねて八幡城12万石の大名となり、極めて優遇された。