It is said the reason Naomasa was assigned as a Hyobu-shoyu (junior assistant minister of the Hyobusho Ministry of Military) was that Toramasa OBU, a vassal of the Takeda clan who had first organized the Akazonae (red arms), had been assigned as one.
なお、直政が兵部少輔に叙任されたのは、最初に赤備えを組織した武田氏の家臣である飯富虎昌が兵部少輔に叙任されていたためだとも言われている。