There is a following episode; when a vassal, who was suspicious that Hideyoshi was not interested in sodomy, brought the most beautiful boy among vassals to Hideyoshi and had them stayed only by themselves, Hideyoshi only asked him, 'Do you have a sister?'
男色傾向の無さを訝しんだ家臣が家中で一番との評判の美少年を呼び入れ、秀吉に会わせ二人きりにさせたのだが秀吉はその少年に「お前に妹か姉はいるか？」と聞いただけだったとされる。