After Hideyoshi and Ieyasu reconciled, Hideyoshi called upon Tadakatsu and asked, 'Which is more important to you, the gratitude for Hideyoshi or that for Ieyasu?' and Tadakatsu answered, 'Although the gratitude for you is deeper than the sea, Ieyasu is the lord of hereditary succession and it is difficult to overcome the passage of time.'
秀吉・家康が和睦した後に秀吉に召しだされたとき、「秀吉の恩と家康の恩、どちらが貴殿にとっては重いか」と質問されると、「君のご恩は海より深いといえども、家康は譜代相伝の主君であって月日の論には及びがたし」と答えた。