Some suggest that this 'member from Kira's side' is thought to be a member of the Tadami clan since the house of Yahei HORIBE's second wife was the Tadami, and they were retainers of Kira's neighbor Nagakazu HONDA (chief retainer of the Matsudaira family in Echizen, who was sent from the bakufu (supervisor)).
この「内縁」とは、堀部弥兵衛の後妻の実家忠見氏は吉良邸の隣人である本多長員（幕府から派遣される越前松平家家老（監視役））の家臣であることから忠見氏ともいわれている。