He adopted the crest of the Sakazaki family (a pair of straw lampshade hats with ties) and used it along with the Yagyu family's crest (great burnet), probably because he determined to keep this incident in mind throughout his life.
宗矩はそれを終生忘れぬためなのか柳生家の家紋（地楡：吾亦紅われもこう）に坂崎家の二蓋笠（にがいがさ）を加えて（譲り受け?）使い続けている。