On this occasion, Naotaka NABESHIMA, the lord of the Ogi Domain (branch of the Saga Domain) and Shigeto TAKU, the lord of the Taku, admonished Narinao NABESHIMA for exemption of Shigeyoshi's seppuku.
このとき、佐賀藩の支藩小城藩主鍋島直尭と多久領主多久茂澄が鍋島斉直に諫言し、茂義は切腹を免れた。