It is said that, of all Nobunaga's sons, Nobutaka bore the closest resemblance to his father, and his portrait in the Hero Hyakunin Isshu (a collection of one hundred poems by one hundred poets) looks much like Nobunaga in his youth (except for his costume).
信長の息子たちの中で一番容貌が父に似ていたと言われ、英雄百人一首に描かれている肖像は（服装を除けば）若き日の信長に酷似している。