Toshiie realized how important money was personally while he led a ronin life for two years as the result of the kogai-giri, and later in life he always said, "If you have money, neither the others nor the public criticisms are terrible, but if you have become poor, the world turns out to be terrible."
利家は笄斬りによる二年間の浪人生活で金の大切さを身をもって知り、後年には「金があれば他人も世の聞こえも恐ろしくはないが、貧窮すると世間は恐ろしいものだ」とつねづね口にしていた。