When his friend Masanori was ordered to construct Nagoya-jo Castle in Owari Province for Yoshinao TOKUGAWA, a child of Ieyasu, he grumbled, 'Why should I give my help to even construct a castle for a son of Ogosho (Ieyasu)?'
朋友の正則が家康の子・徳川義直が入る尾張名古屋城の普請を命じられたとき、「大御所の息子の城普請まで手伝わなければならないのか」と愚痴をこぼした。