Separately from the image of Mitsuhide that he was a highly cultured but feeble looking, we can see an aspect of Mitsuhide as a tough busho (Japanese military commander) in the Sengoku Period as commented by Frois and praised by Nobunaga in 'Sakuma Nobumori sekkanjo' (letter to reproach Nobumori SAKUMA).
しかし、教養の高い文化人で線が細いといわれる光秀像と別に、フロイスの人物評や信長が「佐久間信盛折檻状」で功績抜群として光秀を上げたように、したたかな戦国武将としての姿が見える。