In the "Jozankidan" it is recorded that Ujisato, on being granted land with a yield of 920,000 koku in Mutsu, said 'even with a large estate, in a rural backwater like Ou there is no way to achieve my ambitions.'
『常山紀談』には、陸奥92万石を与えられたとき、氏郷は「たとえ大領であっても、奥羽のような田舎にあっては本望を遂げることなどできぬ。