However, this story is based on the "Momi-ke nikki" (Diary of Momi Family), as well as other sources etc. that may have been personally written by the descendents of former retainers of the Hatano clan and the Momi clan who survived as civilians through the Edo era, and may not be considered as historically accurate.
この話は江戸時代に民間で生き延びた波多野氏、籾井氏の旧臣の子孫が書き残したという『籾井家日記』などの野史によるもので、すべてを史実と受けとることは難しいとされている。