However, considering that he declined like below when he was offered a position of a feudal lord of 100,000-koku class for his having been neutral during the Osaka no Jin (the Siege of Osaka), his act might as well be regarded as the one from allegiance to the Toyotomi family.
だが、大坂の陣で中立を通し10万石の大名にする打診を受けた際、下記のように断っていることから、豊臣家に対する忠節心からの行動であったとも考えられる。