Recent study say that Yoshinobu was a strong and wise busho, very popular among his subordinates and supported not only by Toramasa OBU but also Nobukimi ANAYAMA and other chief retainers of Shingen.
近年の研究では、義信は智勇兼備の武将で、飯富虎昌だけではなく、穴山信君ら多くの信玄重臣らが義信を擁護しており、武田家の重臣たちの間でも人望が厚かったという