Because Toshiie carried the long and showy-made spear with a shaft being 6.3 m with him, and he was a military man who had made great achievements by a spear point in a lot of battles since his uijin (first battle), he was praised by another name Yari no Mataza.
利家は三間半柄(約6m30cm)の長く派手な造りの槍を持ち歩き、初陣以降、緒戦で槍先による功を挙げた武辺者であったため、槍の又左の異名で称えられた。