To the vassals of the Matsudaira clan, however, it was a fact that the legitimate son of their lord (and particularly, after Hirotada's death, their lord) was taken as hostage, and it seems that they felt a certain amount of pressure due to their disadvantaged position (Tadayoshi TORII complained to Ieyasu, who temporarily returned to the Okazaki-ji Castle to pay his ancestors a visit, about the Imagawa family's autocratic manner.)
しかし、松平氏の家臣にとっては嫡男（特に広忠の死後は主君）を人質に取られていると言う事実に変わりは無く、立場上弱い面からの圧力などがあったようである（墓参りのために岡崎城に一時帰参した家康に対し、鳥居忠吉が今川の横暴を訴えている）。