While Naoteru and Naoharu were too young to be involved at the time, their father Naohide was deeply devoted to support the loyalists for Emperor and they were struggling to make ends meet as a result of spending his own funds.
その当時、直輝や直温はまだ少年であり、あまり深く関わることはなかったが、父・直英は勤王に傾倒していたため、私財を投じて支援した結果、家計は火の車であった。