 He was received in formal audience by Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune the same year.In 1729, he visited Sabae for the first time, although due to his youth, domain matters were handled by his elder relatives.In Sabae, he managed to complete the "jin'ya" and make a start on the creation of a "jōkamachi"; however, these expenses together with the costs of "sankin kotai", crop failures, protests by his villages against high taxation all quickly led the domain into a dire financial situation.