In 1603, he was given a territory of 30,000 koku (5411.7 cubic meters) crop yields at Hyuga Sadohara, which was the former territory of Toyohisa SHIMAZU who died in the Battle of Sekigahara and became the first lord of the domain.
慶長8年（1603年）、関ヶ原の戦いで戦死した島津豊久の旧領である日向佐土原3万石を与えられ、その初代藩主となった。