| Morisetsu TOJO (the vassal of Tadayuki MIZUNO, lord of Okazaki domain, Mikawa province who held custody of nine of the Ako Roshi) described Kuranosuke as 'characteristically quiet, a man of few words'. |
「内蔵助生質静にして言葉少な也」東條守拙（赤穂浪士9士の預かりを担当した三河国岡崎藩主水野忠之の家臣） |