 He was married to the daughter of Matsudaira Chikayoshi, from Matsue Domain, but as he had no sons, he adopted the son of a "hatamoto" to be his heir.In 1701, in the aftermath of the famous "Chūshingura" incident, he was assigned custody of Asano Naganori, who later committed seppuku at the Ichinoseki Domain's residence in Edo.In 1705, he received the courtesy title of "Inaba-no-kami".