It was said that Masanobu KOSAKA was angered at this and proposed to Katsuyori that he should have Nobukimi commit seppuku (suicide by disembowelment), but Katsuyori dismissed the idea, fearing that the family might become divided if he punished Nobukimi, a leading figure among the kindred (according to "Koyo Gunkan" --record of the military exploits of the Takeda family).
『甲陽軍鑑』によると、これに怒った高坂昌信が勝頼に信君を切腹させるべきだと意見したが、親族衆の重鎮である信君を処断することで家中が分裂することを恐れ、勝頼はその意見を退けたとされる。