KOTOKU, who escaped imprisonment because he had been in his hometown in Kochi at the time of the incident, went back to Tokyo as soon as he heard of the incident and struggled to rebuild the movement.
事件発生時、幸徳は郷里の高知県にいたため難を逃れたが、事件を知るや直ちに上京し、勢力の建て直しに奔走した。