Also, it is said that Yodo regretted about being deprived of obtaining real power in the new government from the Satsuma and Choshu Domains, due to the lack of anyone that was able to stand against them, which was a direct result of his assassinating Zuizan TAKECHI.
また、武市瑞山を殺したために土佐藩内に薩長に対抗できる人物を欠いて新政府の実権を奪われたと考えてこれを悔やんだともいう。