A portrait depicting his agonized facial expression on this occasion (called Shikamizo) remains, and it is said that he made it to admonish himself (the Battle of Mikatagahara).
なお、この時の家康の苦渋に満ちた表情を写した肖像画（しかみ像）が残っており、これは自身の戒めのために描かせたものと伝えられる（三方ヶ原の戦い）。