Toshiyori of the Onogawa stable of sumo wrestlers apologized and this incident was settled, but Hikojiro UCHIYAMA, the yoriki of the office of Osaka Town Magistrate, made an issue of this incident; this angered KONDO, and UCHIYAMA was later assassinated by Shinsen-gumi (there are different views regarding who assassinated him).
相撲部屋（小野川部屋）の年寄が詫びを入れてことは治まったが、大坂町奉行所与力内山彦次郎がこれを問題にして近藤を怒らせ、のちに新選組により暗殺されている（内山を暗殺した者については異説もある）。