Except for the retainers working in Edo such as Hikoemon YASUI and Muneshige FUJII who escaped from Ako Domain, many started to claim that they should avenge Yoshinaka KIRA for their lord.
江戸詰めの藩士たちは安井彦右衛門や藤井宗茂など赤穂藩から逃亡した者を除いて、多くが吉良義央を主君に代わって討つべしと主張するようになった。