It is also said that initially, Onisakuza, or Shigetsugu HONDA, himself, or his son was desired for the post, but he recommended his nephew (whose father had died and was brought up by Shigetsugu) instead because he disliked for being handled as a baishin (a retainer of a shogun's direct retainer). |
当初は鬼作左・本多重次自身、もしくはその子を望まれていたのだが、陪臣扱いを嫌って甥(実父は死別、重次が養育)を代わりに立てたとも言われている。 |