It is said that he served as a vassal of Hideyoshi HASHIBA (later Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI), around 1579, during the Nagahama Castle (Omi no Kuni) period alongside Mitsunari ISHIDA, who was born in same province of Omi. 天正7年(1579年)ごろ、同じ近江生まれの石田三成らと共に長浜城 (近江国)時代の羽柴秀吉(豊臣秀吉)の家臣として仕えたといわれている。 |