He is highly regarded as a faithful retainer from the emperor-centered historical viewpoint, and his portrait was used on five different banknotes issued by the Bank of Japan - one-yen bill issued in 1889, type-A five-yen bill issued in 1899, type-C five-yen bill issued in 1916, type-D one-hundred-yen bill issued in 1942 and one-yen bill issued in 1943.
皇国史観の下では忠臣の誉れが高く、日本銀行券の肖像にも、改造壹圓券（1889年）・甲五圓券（1899年発行）・丙五圓券（1916年発行）・丁貳百圓券（1942年発行）・壹圓券（1943年発行）の5種類に採用された。