At the time of the Kyushu Conquest of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, when the all the clan members were getting prepared to fight back in the war, he was the only one among his four brothers who insisted on reconciliation, referring to Hideyoshi as 'an extraordinary person who rose to this status born from a farming family'.
豊臣秀吉の九州征伐の際、家中が抗戦へ傾く中で秀吉を「農民から体一つで身を興したからには只者ではない」と評価して、四兄弟中ただ一人上方との和平を唱えたという。