Incidentally, Matajiro (Yasunaga) IROBE, who appears as a vassal in the story Chushingura (The treasury of Loyal Retainers), and Nagato IROBE, who served as a Karo (chief retainer) during the Boshin Civil War and died in battle in Niigata, were the descendants of Nagazane.
なお、物語としての忠臣蔵に家老として登場する色部又四郎（安長）や戊辰戦争時に家老を勤め新潟で戦死した色部長門は長実の子孫である。