Some people such as the karo (chief retainer) and the ginsatsu bugyo (commissioner of the ginsatsu) were held accountable for the failure and were sentenced to seppuku (suicide by disembowelment) or chikkyo (being confined to home).
失敗の責任が問われ、家老や銀札奉行などが切腹や蟄居など重い処分が下された。