When asked the reason why he didn't appeal for mercy, Cloistered Imperial Prince Koben said 'Since they achieved their aim, it is better for them to bequeath the lesson of their honor by committing seppuku rather than to live on polluted by the dirt of vulgarity.'
後に浪士の助命を願わなかった理由を問われた公辨法親王は「本懐を遂げた浪士を生き永らえさせて世俗の塵に汚すよりも、切腹させることによって尽忠の志を後世に残すべきである」と答えたといわれる。