In addition, he is said to have taken his surname (means beneath a tree) because he was standing under a tree when he met Kahei or Nobunaga for the first time, but it is lacking credibility and is not considered to be true.
なお、加兵衛もしくは信長と最初に会った時に「木の下」に立っていたのでこれを名字とした、とする俗説は極めて信憑性が薄く、事実ではないと考えられている。