According to 'Okado hikki', Okado protested to say, "He must have had so much grudge as to abandon takumi-no-kami (the head of Bureau of Skilled Artisans) 50,000 koku crop yields daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) and kamei (family name), it is difficult to clear whether he was mad or there was a fault on the part of Kozuke no suke (snip) I think this case should be reconsidered.
「多門筆記」によると、若年寄の加藤明英、稲垣重富がこの決定を目付の多門に伝えたが、多門は「内匠頭五万石の大名・家名を捨て、お場所柄忘却仕り刃傷に及び候程の恨みこれあり候は、乱心とても上野介に落ち度これあるやも測りがたく・・・（略）・・・大目付併私共再応糾し、日数の立ち候上、いか様とも御仕置き仰せつけられるべく候。