When Isami KONDO, the leader of the Shinsengumi (a group who guarded Kyoto during the end of Tokugawa Shogunate) came to know of this anecdote, he is said to have put his fist into his mouth after the manner of Kiyomasa, whom he admired. その話を聞いた新選組局長・近藤勇も憧れていた清正にあやかり、真似をして拳を口に入れていたという。 |