It is said that there were constant streams of applications to be his vassal since he was so lavish that he awarded more chigyo (fief) than the rokudaka (stipend) he first presented after starting to work as his vassal, when a new vassal was hired.
新規の家臣を召抱える際、最初に提示した禄高よりも仕官後に約束よりも多くの知行を与えた事から、気前の良い殿様だという事で仕官を望む者が絶えなかったという。