The daimyō of Daishōji domain was subject to sankin-kōtai, and was received in the Ōhiroma of Edo Castle.

At that time, he separated out a 100,000 koku holding for his second son, Maeda Toshitsugu, creating Toyama Domain and a 70,000 koku holding for his third son, Maeda Toshiharu, creating Daishōji Domain.

Toshinori had adopted Maeda Toshimichi as his heir, but Toshiyuki also died before his formal presentation to the shōgun.

Toshika was named Imperial governor by the Meiji government from 1869 until the abolition of the han system in 1871.

The site of the Daishōji jin'ya is wow a park, with a portion of the ramparts remaining within the grounds of Kinjō Elementary School.

On the retirement of his father in 1639, he was assigned a 70,000 koku estate centered in what is now Enuma District, Ishikawa.

Toshiharu was a noted master of the Japanese tea ceremony, having been a disciple of Kobori Enshū.

While daimyō, he developed gold and copper mines, and later established Kutani ware as a noted product of the domain.

During his tenure, he undertook flood control projects and opened up new rice lands.

He was born in Edo the eldest son of Maeda Toshiaki, and was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi in 1684.

However, due to Tsunayoshi's favor, Toshinao spent all of his time in Edo, leaving the domain to be managed by his vassals and lent a deaf ear to word of troubles.

Ignoring warnings by his father and the perilous financial situation of the domain, he lived in profligate luxury.

In 1752, the domain was ordered to contribute to the rebuilding of the Yoshida Bridge on the Tōkaidō highway in what is now Toyohashi, Aichi.

The bridge collapsed after only 6 month due to poor design and construction, and the domain was forced to rebuild it again.

He was born in Daishoji as the second son of Maeda Toshimichi and became heir in 1759 on the death of his elder brother.

However, the domain continued to suffer from financial difficulties and poor harvests, and Toshitane was unable to implement any reforms due to his own youth.

As he was still an infant, his uncle, Maeda Toshitane acted as regent, and also adopted Toshiyasu as heir.

Unlike his father and uncle, he was able to restore the clan government through discipline and fiscal reforms, and the encouragement of the military arts.

However, this additional revenue was more than offset by increased military service by the shogunate, so the domain's financial situation was even worse off than before.

All his ideas for reform, including selling off the clan residence in Edo, were blocked by Kaga Domain, and he died in 1849 at the age of 27.

As he had not yet even been received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Iesada yet, the domain would normally face attainder; however Maeda Nariyasu ordered that the death be concealed, and that his seventh son Maeda Toshika be named daimyō instead.

During the Bakumatsu period, the domain assisted the shogunate in policing of Kyoto and the suppression of the Mito Rebellion and in the Kinmon Incident; however, after the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, the domain changed sides to support the Satchō Alliance during the Boshin War, and fought for the Meiji government during the Battle of Hokuetsu.

His wife was the daughter of Itō Suketomo of Obi Domain, and his grave is at the Zōshigaya Cemetery in Tokyo.