Soon after the attack happened inside the palace, the lord of Tatsuno Domain in Harima Province, Yasuteru WAKISAKA, felt the resentment of the lord of his neighbor domain Naganori ASANO and intentionally bumped into Kira Kozuke no Suke who was being carried in order to dirty his crest with Kira's blood so that he was able to punch Kira saying 'what an insolent fellow.'
殿中刃傷があった直後、播磨国竜野藩主脇坂安照が隣藩の藩主である浅野長矩の無念を思いやって抱きかかえられて運ばれる吉良上野介とわざとぶつかり、吉良の血で大紋の家紋を汚すと、それを理由にして「無礼者」と吉良を殴りつける。