Particularly famous is an anecdote about his beating a drum in Hamamatsu Castle to raise the morale of his troops in the Battle of Mikatagahara and an anecdote about his successful surprise attack on Tobigasuyama fortress in the Battle of Nagashino, for which Nobunaga ODA praised him.
特に、三方ヶ原の戦いに際して浜松城の太鼓を打ち鳴らし敗戦の味方を鼓舞した逸話、長篠の戦いで鳶が巣山砦の奇襲を成功させて織田信長の賞賛を受けた逸話が有名である。