Upon hearing Mitsunari's words 'a military commander should always try to comeback by escaping his peril' uttered when he was captured after the Battle of Sekigahara, it is said that Masanori praised him saying that 'it is quite right, escaping from the battle field should never be a thing to be ashamed'.
関ヶ原後に三成が捕えられた際に、三成の「脱出して再起を図ろうとする事こそ大将の心がけだ」との発言を聞き、「至極もっともなり、（戦場から脱出する事は）少しも恥辱にあらず」と賞賛したという。