In the Battle of Kayatsu which he took part in for his first battle as a page who had not yet his coming of age celebrated at that time, he carried the above-mentioned spear with a shaft being 6.3 m which he himself lacquered vermilion so that it would stand out in the battlefield, and he made an achievement of gaining a severed head with his spear.
当時まだ元服前の小姓として初陣した萱津の戦いでは、合戦の際に目立つ様、自ら朱色に塗った上記の三間半柄の槍を持って首級ひとつを挙げる功を立てた。