Hideyoshi, who appreciated the military prowess of Morimasa, urged Morimasa to work under him by proposing that Higo Province would be given to Morimasa, but Morimasa could not forget the great kindness of Nobunaga ODA and Katsuie, and pleaded to die from being dragged around a town in a gorgeous costume.
秀吉は盛政の武勇を買って九州平定後に肥後国一国を与えるので家臣になれと強く誘ったが、盛政は織田信長や勝家から受けた大恩を忘れることはできず、願わくは派手な衣装を着用の上、引き回しののち刑死したいと願った。