However, Norimichi shot himself to death with a rifle within Fukuchiyama Castle on October 6, 1648 immediately before the order was carried out and the Inaba clan was dismissed from the post and replaced by someone else.
しかしその直前の慶安元年（1648年）8月20日、紀通は福知山城中にて鉄砲自殺して果て、稲葉氏も改易となったのである。