yoshihiro shimazu said of him , " as hideyoshi ' s right-hand man , the power of jibu-sho ishida , the castellan of goshu-sawayama , is without parallel ." 島津義弘は「江州佐和山の城主・石田治部少輔、太閤公の股肱の臣として、その勢威、比肩の人なし」
the above coincides with the fact that many apparitions were created by painters in this period , a peaceful time in which the culture of ordinary people was prosperous and folklore did not exist , and that " the edo period was a recycling society without parallel in the world " as researchers of the edo period , such as hinako sugiura , have pointed out . これは、太平の庶民文化の隆盛から、口碑伝承のないこの時代の作家に創作された妖怪の類の氾濫と、杉浦日向子などの江戸時代研究家や学者が説明する「江戸時代は世界に類を見ない資源還元（リサイクル）社会であった」という事実と合致する。
