It seems strange that the post of Kozuke no suke which had an ominous impression was used by many daimyo and shogunal vassals, and those such as Masazumi HONDA, Masanobu HOTTA, Yoshihisa KIRA and the Mikawa Oguri family all had a miserable end of their lives.
不吉なはずの上野介はなぜか多くの大名や旗本が次々と名乗り、本多正純・堀田正信・吉良義央・三河小栗氏などが不幸な末路になっているのは不思議と言える。