It is often seen in the stories of Chushingura that when the lord of Yonezawa Domain Tsunanori UESUGI, who was a biological son of Kura Kozuke no Suke, heard about the raid by Ako Roshi, he became very angry and tried to send reinforcements to his father; however, chief retainer Takafusa CHISAKA (also known as Yasunaga IROBE) remonstranced and stopped him.
米沢藩主である上杉綱憲は吉良上野介の実子で、赤穂浪士の討ち入りを知った綱憲がいきり立って父の援軍に出馬しようとするところを家老千坂高房（または色部安長）が強く諫言しておしとどめる場面が忠臣蔵の物語でよく取り上げられる。