It is said that soon a rumor emerged that Nobushige was still alive, helped Hideyori and Yodo-dono, and remained at large in Kishu, and there was another rumor that he fled to the Shimazu family's domain in Satsuma, where is grave is located (another rumor states that he had descendants).
その後大坂では、信繁は生きており、秀頼・淀殿を助け、紀州へと逃げ落ちたという噂が流れたと言われいるが、噂では薩摩の島津家領内に逃隠れし墓もある（子孫もありとの噂も）。