Since there were many retainers working in Edo who wanted to prioritize the revenge over restoration of the clan, they were called the Edo radicals.
こうしたお家再興よりも吉良家への仇討ちを優先しようとする勢力は、江戸詰めの藩士たちに多かったため、彼らは江戸急進派と呼ばれた。