It was very rare for a feudal lord to commit seppuku on the same day, and although the inspector Shigetomo OKADO claimed the necessity to investigate this revenge, it was turned down by the lord chamberlain Yoshiyasu YANAGISAWA.
大名が即日切腹というのは異例のことで、目付多門重共も遺恨の内容などについてもっと慎重な取調べが必要だと訴えたが、側用人柳沢吉保に退けられた。