Choubei the second had such skills that could have come up to expectations of his lord Tadakatsu who had the post of roju (member of shogun's council of elders), but died in 1647.
二代長兵衛は、このように老中の要職にあった主君忠勝の期待にこたえうるような技量の持主であったが、正保四年（一六四七）に没している。