Ietada is better known as the author of the diary he penned, which is known as the "Ietada Diary," than as a military commander in the Sengoku Period from the Fukozu Matsudaira family.
深溝松平家の家忠は戦国武将としてよりも、彼が記した日記である『家忠日記』（いえただにっき）の著者として有名である。