joeki was given preferential treatment by the eighth head of omotesenke (the house of omotesen ) sottakusai . 表千家八代・啐斎に重用される。
especially , the demotion of the sons of the emperors was called ' issei no genji ' (minamoto clan of the first generation ) and they were given preferential treatment in regard to their position . 特に天皇の皇子が降下することを、「一世の源氏」といい、任官の上で大いに優遇された。
he was rapidly promoted to daimyo (japanese feudal lord ) of the yawata-jo castle with 120 ,000 koku and was given preferential treatment , which might have been affected by his connection with hideyoshi and hidetsugu and the fact that his mother was a daughter of nobuhiro oda . 秀吉・秀次との縁故や母が織田信広の娘であったことが影響してか、早々に累進を重ねて八幡城12万石の大名となり、極めて優遇された。
