It should be noted that the reason why people who sacrificed themselves for justice received a capital punishment was that forming a faction was regarded as a serious matter and osso/jikiso themselves were not a direct reason.
義民とされた人々が極刑に処された理由としては徒党を組んだことが問題視されたものであり、越訴・直訴そのものが直接の原因ではないことに注意を要する。