It is also said that because there were so many dead people, it was impossible to hold a memorial service for each of them, monks at the Ninna-ji Temple went around the city to mark the Sanskrit character 'a' (,the first letter in the Sanskrit characters, 阿 in kanji) on the foreheads of the dead.
あまりの多さに供養が追いつかず、仁和寺の僧が死者の額に「阿」の字を記して回ったとも伝えられている。