Over time, the situation in the Nishi-Kume-mura village became so serious that the farmers almost caused an uprising, because ownership of the mountain, which they had considered their own for generations, was claimed by the Tokuyama clan and they were frustrated since only Kihei had been blamed and no punishment had been given to Riuemon.
そのうちに、西久米村の百姓らは、年来自分たちの山だと信じてきた山を徳山領と主張され、非を喜兵衛らのみに帰して、里右衛門に咎めがないのを不満とし、一揆にも及びかねない形勢となった。