In his childhood, his father lost his fief because his hidden paddy fields were discovered when taiko kenchi (the cadastral surveys conducted by Hideyoshi) was carried out; however, he served Ieyasu TOKUGAWA with his father in 1594.
少年時代に太閤検地の際の隠田の露見によって父が失領していたが、文禄3年（1594年）に父とともに徳川家康に仕えた。