There was no affair of sword fight from the Iemitsu TOKUGAWA to Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA periods, and even for the affairs that happened inside the palace in the Tsunayoshi period, victims were killed on the spot and offenders were sentenced to seppuku; therefore, the example of both victims and offenders surviving did not exist for a long time.
徳川家光の時代から徳川綱吉の時代まで長く刃傷事件がなく、また綱吉時代に起こった殿中刃傷にしても、被害者がその場で殺害されており、ただ加害者を切腹させればよいだけで、被害者も加害者も生き残った例が長く存在しなかった。