How severely he oppressed the Ikko Ikki on this occasion has been handed down by some records such as the inscription on the stone wall of Echizen Komaru-jo Castle, which says, "Mr. Matazaemon MAEDA punished some 1,000 followers of Ikko sect whom he had captured by crucifying or boiling (it is thought that this inscription was written by laborer who survived the Ikko Ikki and participated in the construction of Komaru-jo Castle which was carried out soon after the Ikko Ikki.)
この際の苛烈な一向一揆の弾圧については、越前小丸城の石垣に刻まれた「前田又左衛門どのが捕らえた一向宗千人ばかりをはりつけ、釜茹でに処した」などの記録などによって残る（この一揆から生き残り、まもなく行われた小丸城の普請に参加した人夫によるものと考えられている）。