His witty episodes were left such as 'Sunomata Castle', 'Kanegasaki no nokikuchi', 'Mizuzeme (siege by water) against Takamatsu Castle' and 'Ichiyajo (a castle built in one night) of Mt. Ishigaki' and he was regarded as the most successful person in the Sengoku Period.
墨俣城、金ヶ崎の退き口、高松城の水攻め、石垣山一夜城など機知に富んだ逸話が伝わり、百姓から天下人へと至った生涯は「戦国一の出世頭」と評される。