It is also said that he held great prestige among the shogunal retainers, and various anecdotes told by former retainers from the late Meiji Period tell that he had fortitude and firmness of character, yet he was very kind to everyone, from vassals and women to animals.
また、幕臣からも信望が厚かったと言われ、家臣や女性や動物たちに至るまで非常に優しい態度で接する一方、剛毅な一面を持つ人柄が明治以後に旧幕臣たちなどから様々な逸話で伝えられている。