While it occurred not long after the head of Shionoya clan (Chikatomo SHIONOYA) died and the bakufu had not taken any drastic measures, it was considered a grave offense to act irresponsibly without consideration both in public and private, through strange behavior and violence.
時に塩谷氏の郎党は主人（塩谷親朝）の忌日も過ぎておらず、幕府もまた精進しているところであったが、公私にわたり立場も弁えずに奇怪な企てや狼藉を働くのは重科に相当した。