Later, knowing that Naomasa was really the son of Naochika II, who had been killed on suspicion of collaborating with him after the Battle of Okehazama, Ieyasu took Naomasa as his pageboy (child page) and loved him as a sexual partner.
その後、家康は直政がかつて桶狭間の戦いの後に自分と内通していた疑いで殺害された井伊直親の実子であることを知り、直政を自分の小姓（児小姓）として取り立て、衆道相手として深く寵愛したという。