Moreover, FUJIWARA no Suekata, Yoshitsuna's retainer, and Saburo KASHIMA were also murdered on Yoshimitsu's orders (as was Kaiyo, a monk of Onjo-ji Temple who was also Yoshimitsu's biological younger brother) in order to ensure that the plot would never come to light.
また、義綱の郎党の藤原季方、鹿島三郎も義光（及びその指示を受けた園城寺の僧で義光の実弟の快誉）らの手によって殺害され、事件の真相は闇の中へ消え行くはずであった。