Like his father, his social status was the karoku (hereditary stipend) of 20 koku, but his scholarship was recognized by Harutomi TOKUGAWA, the lord of the domain at that time, and he assumed the position of a han-i and the manager of the Domain's herb farm situated beside the Kino-kawa River.
父と同様、家禄20石の身分であったが、時の藩主・徳川治寶に学識を認められ、藩医や、紀の川河畔にあった藩の薬草園管理の任をつとめた。