It was located in Teshima and Kawabe Districts of Settsu Province and was centered around Asada jin'ya in what is now part of the city of Toyonaka, Osaka.

After this younger brother died at the Battle of Shizugatake, he ran away from the Tokugawa clan and became a vassal of Nawa Nagahide instead.

During the Siege of Osaka in 1614, he was sent by Toyotomi Hideyori as a messenger to Sunpu for peace negotiations, but was detained in Kyoto and made a prisoner of war.

However, after the success of Tokugawa forces over the Toyotomi clan, he was awarded with territories in Settsu, Bitchū and Iyo Province with a kokudaka of 14,000 koku and made a daimyō.

Measures encouraging the production of sake and oil as clan monopolies, and issuing han bills were ineffective.