Some people still say that it was conversion or betrayal of Kaishu KATSU that he was accepted as an honorable man after the Meiji Restoration, but on the other hand, other people have come to highly evaluate Kaishu KATSU and Takeaki ENOMOTO for their contribution to Japan without sticking to the small framework of the Tokugawa family, as a whole.
勝が維新後に栄誉を受けたことを転身、裏切りとするこの手の意見は今も絶えないが、勝、榎本両者は徳川家の名誉回復と存続に大変な労力を裂いていおり、現在では大局として徳川家という狭い枠にとどまらず、日本の為に尽くしたと評価されている。