In addition, it includes the argument that the reason for the sword hunt, supposedly to collect metal to be used for the Daibutsu-den Hall (the Great Buddha Hall) in the Hoko-ji Temple, was actually to quell uprisings.
また、方広寺大仏殿の金属に使う名目で行われた刀狩は一揆抑制のものであると論じられている。