The above episode showed that Moritsuna was very much trusted by Yoritomo from the beginning even though Yoritomo told the same thing to other retainers such as Shigemitsu KUDO, Sanehira DOI, Yoshizane OKAZAKI, Tokage AMANO and Kagekado KATO.
頼朝は他の家人である工藤茂光、土肥実平、岡崎義実、天野遠景、加藤景廉にも同様の言葉を述べていたが、それでも盛綱は当初から頼朝の信頼が厚かった事が分かる。