It is said that although Hideyoshi offered several times to say a good word in order for him to get an official rank, Mototada refused the offer, saying that he had no reason to receive any prize from anybody else except his master. |
また、秀吉からの官位推挙の話が度々あったものの、主君以外の人間から貰う言われはないと断ったという。 |