Some people believe that when he invited SEN no Rikyu to his home, he made a pitfall in front of his house in order to force him to take a bath and offered him new clothes, but anecdotes like this are mostly unsubstantiated rumors.
巷間では、千利休を自庵へ招待した際、庵の前に落とし穴を設けて利休を陥れ、沐浴させて新しい着物を供したなどとの逸話も伝えられているが、伝説の域を出ない。