Nikko and Nittai in the Hokkeshu sect obediently wrote - or it is considered they were forced to write - the deed of apology, only because they admitted that they could not even understand the meaning of ''Myo' of the fourth Myo in Hoza.'
また法華宗側の日珖・日諦が、後に詫び証文を書いた（書かされたとも解釈される）のは、「方座第四の「妙」」の意味すら分らなかったからに他ならず、だからこそ素直に詫び証文を書いたといわれる。