As people who participated in the raid were praised more and more as loyal retainers, those who did not participate including their families were facing severe criticism until the end of Edo period.
討ち入りに参加した藩士が義士として称えられれば称えられるほど、その反動として、討ち入りに参加しなかった者とその家族に対しては幕末まで厳しい批判が向けられることになっていった。