After Nobunaga died and Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI took over the power, he became a retainer of Hideyoshi by the recommendation of Ittetsu INABA, and became a trusted vassal along with Hidenobu ODA, who was his nephew and the head of the Oda clan, Yoshisato ROKKAKU, who was a maternal relative, and Sadamichi INABA (jiju of Sone).
信長の死後、豊臣秀吉が権力を掌握すると稲葉一鉄の口添えによって秀吉に仕え、甥で織田氏当主の織田秀信や外戚である六角義郷、稲葉貞通（曽根侍従）らとともに取り立てられた。