Hakuseki ARAI commented that Akifusa was "tireless in his efforts," and "possessed exceptionally beautiful traits of character, such that he would surely find no shame in being judged alongside the sages of old."
新井白石は「身の暇がなく」、「きわめて生質の美なるところありて、おおかた古の君子の人にも恥じまじき」と詮房を評した。