Considering the fact that Munenori served three Tokugawa shoguns, Ieyasu, Hidetada and Iemitsu, and was promoted to the daimyo class, it follows that he had the great confidence of them.
一方の宗矩は家康・秀忠・家光の徳川三代に仕えて大名にまで栄進したのだから、相当の信任を受けていたことがうかがえるであろう。