His clothes were washed frequently because he rarely bought new clothes, and when the female servant, who had been forced to wash them, complained that she wanted Ieyasu to buy new clothes, he told her in an admonishing tone that he saved money for the nation.
新しい服をあまり買わず、洗濯して使っていたため、洗濯させられる侍女から新しい服を着てほしいと苦情が出たとき、天下のため倹約するのだと逆に説教した。