Even Morikatsu KIMATA, who was the Hitto karo (head of the chief retainers), became terrified of serving under Naomasa, and asked Ieyasu to reinstate him in his former position as a hatamoto (bannerman).
筆頭家老である木俣守勝ですら、直政の下にいるのが怖くなり、家康に旗本に戻してくれるように頼んだといわれている。