It is said that he had dignity as busho (military commander) so that certain reports recorded that, when Ieyasu met Hideyori in Nijo-jo Castle, Ieyasu became frightened from Hideyori's charisma resulting from his large physique and made his mind to bring down the Toyotomi family.
家康が二条城で秀頼と会見した時に、秀頼の巨体からかもし出されるカリスマ性に恐怖し、豊臣家打倒を決意したと記録するものもある程、武将としての威厳はあったとされている。