According to "Horibe Kanamaru Oboe-gaki" (a notebook of Kanamaru HORIBE), Yahe HORIBE (which Kanamaru HORIBE commonly called) tried, after the incident, to appeal to the bakufu through Rinnojinomiya (Koben) for the purpose of restoring their reputation.
また『堀部金丸覚書』には討入り後、堀部弥兵衛らが輪王寺宮（公辨）を通じて公儀に訴え出て外聞を正そうとした記録が見られる。