Upon becoming a Ronin (a wandering masterless samurai), legend has it that a chance meeting at a poetry reading held at Ohamashomyo-ji Temple (Hekinan City) lead to him becoming an adopted son of Nobushige.
浪人となり、大浜称名寺(碧南市)で開かれた連歌会での出会いが信重の養子に入るきっかけと伝えられる。