It is said that Nobunaga who was called an utsuke (the stupid) or a kabukimono (an eccentric person) in those days got to favor Inuchiyo who was also a kabukimono, and that they dressed in the kimono for women or the outlandish kimono made of animal skin and others and they committed delinquent and deviated behaviors together (it is also said that Nobunaga and Toshiie had already known each other before Toshiie became a page.)
当時うつけ、かぶき者などと評されていた信長は、同じく傾奇者であった犬千代を気に入り、共に女物の着物や動物の皮などで仕立てられた派手な着物を着て無法・逸脱行為を働いていたという（信長と利家は仕官以前から面識があったともいわれる）。