According to Mikisaburo SUZUKI, his comrade in the Goryoeji, Todo was of a typical Edo-ite and a motivated worker and there are several records showing that he was familiar with economics and had also mastered kenjutsu (he excelled in both academics and martial arts). |
藤堂の性格については、江戸っ子で有意の人材であり(御陵衛士同志鈴木三樹三郎談)、経済に達し戟剣をよくする(学問においても武術においても秀でていた)、等といった記録が垣間見られる。 |