Although there is an opinion that Naritoshi (Ranmaru) MORI and Hidemasa HORI who were famous as Nobunaga's page as well as Toshiie played a role of his homosexual partner, there is almost no material that recorded whether the homosexual relationship existed or not actually, so it is considered that the episode about the crane soup written in this "Ashoko On-yobanashi" is very unusual.
同じく信長の小姓として有名な森成利（蘭丸）や堀秀政にも衆道を務めていたとの説が存在するものの、実際に衆道の有無を記した資料は殆ど存在しないため、この『亜相公御夜話』に記された鶴の汁のエピソードはとても珍しいものとされている。