He was also a man with a severe side to his character: in order to maintain his family name he disinherited and disowned his legitimate son, Hidenori who took the side of Western Camp.
家名存続のために苛烈な一面があり、関ヶ原の戦いの時、西軍に与した嫡男の秀範を廃嫡の上、勘当している。