It is recorded in the documents of the Kaga domain "Ashoko On-yobanashi" that Toshiie who was known to be slender and handsome was Nobunaga's favorite and played a role of his homosexual partner when Toshiie was his page.
細身の美貌で知られた利家は、小姓時代に信長から寵愛を受け、衆道の相手も務めていた事が加賀藩の資料『亜相公御夜話』に記されている。