He served Hideyoshi HASHIBA (later called Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI) as a pageboy in about 1574 (1577, according to another theory), when Hideyoshi became a lord of Nagahama Castle in Omi Province (now Nagahama City) serving Nobunaga ODA. |
羽柴秀吉(のちの豊臣秀吉)が織田信長に仕えて近江国長浜城 (近江国)(長浜市)主となった天正2年(1574年)頃から秀吉の小姓として仕える(天正5年(1577年)説もある)。 |