Although Ieyasu tried to give him a citation, Mototada refused it, saying a citation would be useful if only he served another lord, but as he could not think of any lord but Ieyasu, a citation was useless.
家康が感状を与えようとしたが、元忠は感状などは別の主君に仕えるときに役立つものであり、家康しか主君を考えていない自分には無用なものであると答えた。