Although they were rear vassals of Ieyasu, they received an expression of recognition for their efforts directly from Ieyasu after the victory in the Battle of Nagashino, and further won an endorsement of kind treatment for their descendants.
長篠の戦いの勝利後では陪臣でありながら家康から直々に労われた上に、彼らの子々孫々に至るまで厚遇を約束された御墨付きを拝領したという重臣達である。