It is also said that Nobutora punished many of his senior vassals, including Torasuke NAITO, Torasada BABA, Torakiyo YAMAGATA and Toratoyo KUDO, on the impulse of a moment (Nobutora's son Shingen revived many of these family names once extinguished by Nobutora; Masatoyo NAITO for the Naito clan, Nobuharu BABA for the Baba clan, and Masakage YAMAGATA for the Yamagata clan).
内藤虎資、馬場虎貞、山県虎清、工藤虎豊ら、重臣の数々を一時の感情に任せて成敗したと言われる（信虎に殺されて絶えた名跡の多くを、子の信玄が復活させている。内藤氏→内藤昌豊、馬場氏→馬場信春、山県氏→山県昌景）。